Author/Editor		Veller-Fornasa, C; Peserico, A
Title		Situation concerning sexually transmitted diseases in the Padua area
Type		članek
Source		Acta Dermatovenerol Alp Pannon Adriat
Vol. and No.		Letnik 4, št. 3
Publication year		1995
Volume		str. 149-50
Language		eng
Abstract		According to the reorganization of Health Services in 1978, the responsibility for sexually transmitted diseases (STD) rests with the Public Health Authorities. Only syphilis and gonorrhoea have been reported. The system of reporting is not functioning as it should, for this reason only cases observed at the University Department of Dermatology in Padua as well as data from the Laboratory of microbiology are included. During the years from 1992 through 1994 approximately 25 thousands patients were treated, 2.3 to 2.7 pct. of them were diagnosed as STD. Out of these the most frequently observed conditions were scabies (25.5 to 39.5 pct.) and balanoposthitis (21.3 to 32.2 pct.), while syphilis amounted to 5.8 to 8.4 pct. and genital herpes to 21.3 to 32.2 pct.
Descriptors		SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES ITALY