Open AccessFirst results from the new STI reporting system in Cyprus
Author(s) -
Collective Unit for Surveillance and Control of Communicable Diseases
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.10.24.02728-en
Subject(s) - syphilis , genital warts , medicine , genital herpes , sex organ , medical diagnosis , family medicine , pediatrics , gynecology , demography , virology , pathology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , virus , herpes simplex virus , sociology , biology , genetics
Genital warts was the most frequently diagnosed sexually transmitted infection (STI) in Cyprus in 2004, according to the first year’s results from the STI Sentinel Network of Clinicians surveillance. This accounted for 242 (32%) of the 757 new cases of diagnosed STIs, with genital herpes (167, 22%) and gonorrhoea (136, 18%) being the second and third most frequent diagnoses. Cases of syphilis made up 3% of the total number of reported STIs.