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The Lancet

Volume 355, Issue 9204, 19 February 2000, Page 623
The Lancet

Research Letters
Rise in gonorrhoea in London, UK

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We report an alarming 34·9% overall increase in the number of gonococcal infections diagnosed during the same 3 month study period during 3 years. Between 1997 and 1998, an increase of 12·1% was detected, with a larger increase between 1998 and 1999, of 20·4%.

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