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The epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is ever-changing and reflects the prevalent sexual behaviors and the health-care services in the community. Knowledge of the various epidemiological factors is essential for designing effective control strategies. Developing nations account for the vast share of STIs, while the STI burden is quite low in the developed world. With the emergence of HIV infection, indiscriminate use of antibiotics, upgradation of health-care facilities at primary level, and success of a syndromic approach to STI treatment, we are currently witnessing a decline in bacterial STIs and a surge in viral infections. This change in the STI trends is common to both developing as well as developed countries. However, our understanding of the epidemiology of STIs in developing nations is limited by lack of good-quality community-based data: most of the data available are institution-based, with surveys in convenient populations like STI clinics or antenatal clinic attendees, which is not representative of the general population.
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Gupta, V., Zaghloul, A.B., Gupta, S. (2018). Sexually Transmitted Infections in Dark Skin. In: Orfanos, C., Zouboulis, C., Assaf, C. (eds) Pigmented Ethnic Skin and Imported Dermatoses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69422-1_8
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