Rapid increase of gonorrhoea cases in Guangdong Province, China, 2014-2017: a review of surveillance data
Rapid increase of gonorrhoea cases in Guangdong Province, China, 2014-2017: a review of surveillance data
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DOI:
10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031578
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发表时间:
2019-11-01
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Zheng, Heping
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作者:
Wang, Cheng;Tang, Weiming;Zheng, Heping
Objectives An increased trend in the number of reported gonorrhoea cases has been observed between 2014 and 2017 in China. This study aims to describe the reported epidemic of gonorrhoea and potential driving forces in Guangdong Province, China.Design A review of surveillance data.Participants Three different sources of data from Guangdong Province were analysed: gonorrhoea cases reported to the Chinese sexually transmitted infections (STI) case report system (CRS); a clinic-based retrospective study conducted to collect information on annual gonorrhoea screening coverage and data from the Guangdong governmental sentinel surveillance network (SSN) to examine the gonorrhoea prevalence among males attending STI clinics.Outcome measures Reported incidence of gonorrhoea, number of reported gonorrhoea cases, number of screening tests for gonorrhoea and gonorrhoea prevalence.Results The STI CRS data showed that the reported incidence of gonorrhoea has increased rapidly from 15.7 cases per 100 000 population in 2014 to 27.3 cases per 100 000 in 2017 in Guangdong (p