TY - JOUR
T1 - Trends in sexually transmitted infections (other than HIV) in older people: analysis of data from an enhanced surveillance system
AU - Bodley-Tickell, AT
AU - Olowokure, Babatunde
AU - Bhaduri, S
AU - White, DJ
AU - Ward, D
AU - Ross, Jonathan
AU - Smith, G
AU - Duggal, Harsh
AU - Goold, P
PY - 2008/8/1
Y1 - 2008/8/1
N2 - OBJECTIVE: This study examines the distribution of selected sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in older people (aged >/=45 years) attending genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinics in the West Midlands, UK. METHODS: Analysis of data from the regional enhanced STI surveillance system for the period 1996-2003. Selected STIs were chlamydia, genital herpes, genital warts, gonorrhoea and syphilis. RESULTS: Altogether, 4445 STI episodes were reported among older people during the study period. Between 1996 and 2003 older people accounted for 3.7% and 4.3%, respectively, of all GUM clinic attendances. The rate of STIs in older people more than doubled in 2003 compared with 1996 (p
AB - OBJECTIVE: This study examines the distribution of selected sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in older people (aged >/=45 years) attending genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinics in the West Midlands, UK. METHODS: Analysis of data from the regional enhanced STI surveillance system for the period 1996-2003. Selected STIs were chlamydia, genital herpes, genital warts, gonorrhoea and syphilis. RESULTS: Altogether, 4445 STI episodes were reported among older people during the study period. Between 1996 and 2003 older people accounted for 3.7% and 4.3%, respectively, of all GUM clinic attendances. The rate of STIs in older people more than doubled in 2003 compared with 1996 (p
U2 - 10.1136/sti.2007.027847
DO - 10.1136/sti.2007.027847
M3 - Article
C2 - 18586861
SN - 1472-3263
VL - 84
SP - 312
EP - 317
JO - Sexually Transmitted Infections
JF - Sexually Transmitted Infections
IS - 4
ER -
