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. 2002 Jun 1;324(7349):1324-7.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1324.

Are trends in HIV, gonorrhoea, and syphilis worsening in western Europe?

Angus Nicoll  1 , Françoise F Hamers
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Are trends in HIV, gonorrhoea, and syphilis worsening in western Europe?

Angus Nicoll et al. BMJ. .
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Trends in gonorrhoea in England and Wales, France, the Netherlands, and Sweden England and Wales: cases of gonorrhoea seen in GUM clinics, 1991-2000 (adapted from reference 9) France: trends in gonococcal infections in RENAGO laboratories, 1991-9 (adapted from reference 8) Netherlands: notified cases of gonorrhoea per 100 000 inhabitants, 1976-(adapted from reference 1) Sweden: number of clinically reported Neisseria gonorrhoeae cases, 1991-99 (adapted from Smittskyddsinstitutet (Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control). Smittsamma Sjukdomar 1999. Stockholm: Smittskyddsinstitutet, 2000)
Figure 2
Figure 2
Trends in reports of new HIV diagnoses to EuroHIV, 1995-2000, by major exposure category (Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom. MSM=men having sex with men, HC=heterosexual men and women; IDU=injecting drug user) (adapted from reference 7)
Figure 3
Figure 3
Trends in infectious (primary and secondary) syphilis seen in clinics for sexually transmitted infections by sex and male sexual orientation in England and Wales, 1995-2000
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