Gomberg M A, Akovbian V A
Laboratory of Viral Urogenital Infections, Central Research Institute of Skin and Venereal Diseases, Moscow, Russia.
Dermatol Clin. 1998 Oct;16(4):659-62, ix-x. doi: 10.1016/s0733-8635(05)70029-2.
The reasons for the outbreak of syphilis and other STDs in the former USSR are investigated in this article. The most important of those are of socioeconomic, biomedical, and organizational origin. The dramatic changes in society has led to changes in the strategy of the dermatovenereologic service. The role of departments of anonymous testing and treatment in controlling the STDs epidemic is discussed. This article also contains statistical data concerning the STDs morbidity in Russia and Eastern Europe during the last years.
