Changing Trends in Sexually Transmitted Infections at a Rural-based Tertiary Health-care Center in Gujarat: An 8-Year Study
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Sir, Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are dynamic and show variable prevalence in different parts of the country depending on various epidemiological factors prevailing in that respective geographic area.[1] In the past, tropical infections such as chancroid, gonorrhea, and syphilis were considered as most important STIs in developing countries. However, with the effective management of bacterial STIs, scenario is now changing very rapidly. A proper understanding of the patterns of STIs prevailing in different geographic regions of a country is necessary for proper planning and implementation of STI control strategies.
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