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Rates of sexually transmitted infections continue to rise

BMJ 2005; 331 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1224-b (Published 24 November 2005) Cite this as: BMJ 2005;331:1224
  1. Caroline White
  1. London

    Current efforts to curb the spread of sexually transmitted infections in the United Kingdom are failing, the head of the government's infectious disease surveillance agency has said.

    Pat Troop, chief executive of the Health Protection Agency, said that the latest figures, in the agency's third annual surveillance report on HIV and sexually transmitted infections, present “a grim picture.”

    “The information …

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