澳大利亚境外和本地获得的性传播感染,2017-23年
Wondimeneh Shiferaw1,2, Judith A Dean3, Deborah Mills4,5
1UQ Centre for Clinical Research>, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences, The University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland (QLD), Australia.
Journal of travel medicine
|March 5, 2025
概括
国际旅行显著增加了性传播感染 (STIs) 的风险. 这项研究显示,在2020年之前,澳大利亚旅行者在海外获得的性病的数量将增加近三倍,东南亚是关键地区,需要有针对性的旅行前咨询.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
背景情况:
- 国际旅行是获得性传播感染 (STIs) 的主要驱动力.
- 关于澳大利亚出境旅行者获得的性传播感染负担的数据有限.
- 鉴于2023年将有1080万澳大利亚旅客,了解这些趋势至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查澳大利亚海外获得性传播感染的负担和时间趋势.
- 为了比较海外获得的性传播感染与当地获得的感染.
- 为了确定海外获得的STIs的地理来源和人口结构.
主要方法:
- 从2017年到2023年向澳大利亚国家可通报疾病监测系统 (NNDSS) 报告的性传播感染病例的分析.
- 基于STI获取地点 (海外与本地) 的比较分析.
- 海外采购地点的地理地图绘制和跨越大流行前,大流行后和大流行后时期的时间趋势的评估.
主要成果:
- 分析了超过188,000个性传播感染病例,其中11,782个是海外获得的.
- 男人和年轻人 (20-24岁) 是海外和当地性传播感染最受影响的人群.
- 海外获得的STI发病率从2017-2019年几乎翻了三倍,在COVID-19期间下降,在2021年升,东南亚是最常见的获取地区.
结论:
- 克拉米迪亚的患病率正在下降,而淋病在海外获得的性病中正在增加.
- 收购地区和人口统计数据的显著差异强调了需要量身定制的旅行前健康咨询.
- 针对性的安全性建议对于旅行者,特别是男性和年轻人来说至关重要,他们访问了高流行率的目的地.
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