Utility of syndromic approach in management of sexually transmitted infections: public health perspective

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are infections that are mainly transmitted from person-to-person through sexual contact[1]. Almost 30 types of causative bacteria, viruses and parasites have been isolated, which are responsible for multiple sexually transmissible diseases such as gonorrhea, chlamydial infection, syphilis, trichomoniasis, chancroid, genital herpes, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and hepatitis B infection, etc. Some of the above conditions, especially HIV and syphilis, can also be transmitted from mother to child during pregnancy and childbirth, and through blood products[1]. Out of the 30 recognized STIs, four STIs, namely, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and trichomoniasis have been found to be curable while four of those caused by the viral origin, PEER REVIEW ABSTRACT