| Summary: | Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are a major public health problem. Gonorrhoea is the second most common STI and if untreated can lead to serious complications. Early detection and treatment is commonly recommended as an important means of HIV prevention. The Czech Republic (CR) has had a long-established STI surveillance program since 1959. Although the Institute of Health Information and Statistics provides important data for STI surveillance, it contains no further characterisation of patients, particularly with regard to risky sexual behaviour. At the same time there are very few such data from the CR in the literature. This work presents view of STIs, especially of gonorrhoea, syphilis, chlamydia and HIV infection; examines their correlations and influences of their transmission in different groups of venereological patients, informs about incidence and epidemiological factors. The objective of this study was to evaluate clinical, epidemiological and behavioural characteristics of patients with diagnosed gonorrhoea with respect to risky sexual behaviour, and to compare these parameters by gender and sexual orientation. Patients with gonorrhoea who agreed to complete an anonymous questionnaire were included in the study. During the 3.5 year period, 508 questionnaires were collected and...
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