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Gonorrhoea

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Data

Trends and data on gonorrhoea in the EU/EEA, 2016

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Publication

Gonococcal antimicrobial susceptibility surveillance in Europe, 2016

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Gonorrhoea - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2016

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Understanding drug-resistant gonorrhoea: an ECDC whole genome sequencing study

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Gonococcal antimicrobial susceptibility surveillance in Europe, 2016

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Gonorrhoea - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2016

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Molecular typing of Neisseria gonorrhoeae – a study of 2013 isolates

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Rapid Risk Assessment: Extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the United Kingdom and Australia

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Understanding drug-resistant gonorrhoea: an ECDC whole genome sequencing study

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ECDC: first detected cases of extensively drug-resistant gonorrhoea threaten future treatment

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Gonorrhoea strains across Europe becoming more susceptible to main treatment options

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Five infectious diseases accounted for 75% of reported cases in EU - summary report

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Sep 2017

Event

31st Congress of IUSTI-Europe on Sexually Transmitted Infections

31 Aug 2017 - 2 Sep 2017
Helsinki, Finland
Sep 2014

Event

2014 IUSTI Europe Congress “Migration, recreation, and sexual health”

18 Sep 2014 - 20 Sep 2014
City: St. Julian’s, Country: Malta
Sep 2011

Event

Health Protection 2011Archived

13 Sep 2011 - 14 Sep 2011
University of Warwick, United Kingdom

Data

Trends and data on gonorrhoea in the EU/EEA, 2016

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Figure 3. Rate of reported confirmed gonorrhoea cases per 100 000 population, by age and gender, EU/EEA, 2014

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Figure 5. Rate of reported confirmed gonorrhoea cases per 100 000 population, EU/EEA countries reporting consistently, 2005−2014

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Table 1: Number and rate of reported confirmed gonorrhoea cases per 100 000 population, EU/EEA, 2010–2014

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Surveillance and disease data

Microbiology

The surveillance of gonococcal antimicrobial susceptibility surveillance in Europe is essential for detecting emerging and increasing antimicrobial resistance and making quality-assured data available to inform revisions of treatment guidelines.

Prevention and control

Guidance and tools

Migrant health

Assessing the burden of key infectious diseases affecting migrant populations in the EU/EEA

Facts

Gonorrhoea is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteria.

Related diseases

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Hepatitis C

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HIV infection and AIDS

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Lymphogranuloma venereum

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Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI)

Disease / public health area

Syphilis

Disease programmes and networks

HIV/AIDS, sexual transmitted infections and viral hepatitis Programme

European Network for STI Surveillance

Peer-reviewed publications

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Travel-associated gonorrhoea in four Nordic countries, 2008 to 2013

2017

Peer-Reviewed Publication

WGS analysis and molecular resistance mechanisms of azithromycin-resistant (MIC >2 mg/L) Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates in Europe from 2009 to 2014

2016

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Is the tide turning again for cephalosporin resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Europe? Results from the 2013 European surveillance

2015

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Molecular epidemiological typing within the European Gonococcal Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Programme reveals predominance of a multidrugresistant clone

2013

Peer-Reviewed Publication

The European Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme (Euro-GASP) - a sentinel approach in the European Union (EU)/European Economic Area (EEA)

2013