Lykke-Olesen L, Larsen L, Pedersen T G, Gaarslev K
Lancet. 1979 Mar 24;1(8117):654-5. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(79)91091-2.
In Greenland there has been a rapid increase in the incidence of gonorrhoea and syphilis during past decades. In 1977 there was an epidemic of chancroid along the west coast of Greenland, with 975 cases reported from some 32,500 adults. The number of reported cases increased until October, 1977, and subsequently decreased. 186 patients were studied. Many of these had previously had gonorrhoea and syphilis. Male patients were both Eskimoan and Danish but female patients were solely Eskimoan. The sex ratio (M/F) was 1.6/1. The incubation period was 4 days in men and 13 days in women. Symptom-free female carriers did not seem to be an important reservoir of infection. 15% of the patients were admitted to hospital with buboes or extensive lesions. The clinical course was uncomplicated in most cases. Ulcers healed within a week of treatment with sulphonamide. Chancroid can be expected to disappear in Greenland within a short time.
在过去几十年里，格陵兰岛淋病和梅毒的发病率迅速上升。1977年，格陵兰岛西海岸爆发了软下疳疫情，约32,500名成年人中报告了975例病例。报告病例数一直增加到1977年10月，随后开始下降。对186名患者进行了研究。其中许多人之前患过淋病和梅毒。男性患者既有爱斯基摩人也有丹麦人，但女性患者均为爱斯基摩人。男女比例为1.6/1。男性的潜伏期为4天，女性为13天。无症状的女性携带者似乎不是重要的传染源。15%的患者因腹股沟淋巴结炎或广泛性病变入院。大多数病例的临床病程无并发症。用磺胺类药物治疗一周内溃疡即可愈合。预计软下疳在格陵兰岛短期内将会消失。
