Pattern of sexually transmitted diseases in Allahabad

The distribution of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in 1922 consecutive patients of the PG Department of Medicine MLN Medical College Allahabad India from 1978-1988 is reviewed. 95.3% were male; ages ranged from 4 months-72 years; most were aged 20-29 years old. The STDs found in descending order were chancroid in 33.1% gonorrhea 21.3% syphilis 16.7% genital herpes 13.9% venereal warts 5.41% balanoposthitis 3.6% Donovanosis 3.02% condyloma accuminata 2.5% lymphogranuloma venereum 1.46% and molluscum contagiosum 0.62%. 1.14% were mixed infections. In women secondary syphilis was the most common infection. Men almost always reported prostitutes as the source of their illness while women always cited spouses: 86% of husbands of infected married women had evidence of STDs.