Rapid increase of gonorrhoea cases in Guangdong Province, China, 2014-2017: a review of surveillance data.

ABSTRACT:

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 go

SUBMITTER: Wang C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6858213 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature