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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Vestnik dermatologii i venerologii</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Vestnik dermatologii i venerologii</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник дерматологии и венерологии</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">0042-4609</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2313-6294</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Rossijskoe Obschestvo Dermatovenerologov i Kosmetologov</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">16856</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.25208/vdv16856</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>HEALTH ORGANIZATION</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ОРГАНИЗАЦИЯ ЗДРАВООХРАНЕНИЯ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Gonorrhea in the Russian Federation: incidence, active case detection and laboratory diagnostics</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Гонококковая инфекция в Российской Федерации: заболеваемость населения, работа по выявлению больных и лабораторная диагностика</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0662-2682</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">6372-2237</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Bogdanova</surname><given-names>Elena V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Богданова</surname><given-names>Елена Витальевна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>MD, Cand. Sci. (Med.)</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>к.м.н.</p></bio><email>bogdanova@cnikvi.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3967-8359</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">8806-8539</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Nosov</surname><given-names>Nikita Yu.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Носов</surname><given-names>Никита Юрьевич</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Cand. Sci. (Biol.)</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>к.б.н.</p></bio><email>nnosov@cnikvi.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-4128</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">7634-5521</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Plahova</surname><given-names>Xenia I.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Плахова</surname><given-names>Ксения Ильинична</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>MD, Dr. Sci. (Med.), Associate Professor</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>д.м.н., доцент</p></bio><email>plahova_xenia@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">State Research Centre of Dermatovenereology and Cosmetology</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Государственный научный центр дерматовенерологии и косметологии</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="preprint" iso-8601-date="2025-04-23" publication-format="electronic"><day>23</day><month>04</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2025-06-10" publication-format="electronic"><day>10</day><month>06</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>101</volume><issue>2</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>6</fpage><lpage>22</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2024-12-24"><day>24</day><month>12</month><year>2024</year></date><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2025-04-03"><day>03</day><month>04</month><year>2025</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2025, Bogdanova E.V., Nosov N.Y., Plahova X.I.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2025, Богданова Е.В., Носов Н.Ю., Плахова К.И.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Bogdanova E.V., Nosov N.Y., Plahova X.I.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Богданова Е.В., Носов Н.Ю., Плахова К.И.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://vestnikdv.ru/jour/article/view/16856">https://vestnikdv.ru/jour/article/view/16856</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p><bold>Background. </bold>Gonorrhea is a possible cause of pelvic inflammatory complications, reproductive health disorders and adverse pregnancy outcomes. The problem of gonococcal antimicrobial resistance remains actual.</p> <p><bold>Aims.</bold> Analysis of incidence, circumstances of case detection, and methods of laboratory examination for gonococcal infection used in the Russian Federation.</p> <p><bold>Methods.</bold> Analysis of state federal statistical surveillance data for 2011–2024.</p> <p><bold>Results.</bold> In 2011–2019, the incidence of gonorrhea decreased fivefold, the incidence of total STI — by 2.5 times. In 2020, the incidence of gonorrhea decreased by 13%, STI — 25%. After gonorrhea incidence increase in 2021 and 2022, it was reduced by 4% in 2023, by 15% in 2024. During COVID-19 pandemic, there was a decrease of proportion of patients detected in hospitals (from 1.6% in 2019 to 0.8% in 2020–2024); at medical examinations (from 3.0% in 2019 to 1.7% in 2023); and actively by dermatovenereologists (from 16.2% in 2019 to 12.4% in 2023). In 2019–2024, the proportion of cases confirmed by molecular-biological laboratory examination increased from 27 to 57%. In 2024, molecular-biological, microbiological or both methods were not used to diagnose gonococcal infection in state medical organizations respectively of 13, 42 and 5 constituent entities of the Russian Federation.</p> <p><bold>Conclusion. </bold>The distinctive features of gonorrhea incidence dynamics during COVID-19 pandemic are lack of acceleration in decline rate in 2020, and incidence increase in 2021 and 2022, due to an increase in the number of cases among Russian citizens. Against the background of a resumption of gonorrhea incidence decrease in 2023 and 2024, there is no recovery of active case detection measures. The access to highly sensitive laboratory methods in medical organizations of state healthcare system of a number of constituent entities of the Russian Federation is not ensured.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p><bold>Обоснование. </bold>Гонококковая инфекция — возможная причина воспалительных осложнений со стороны органов малого таза, нарушения репродуктивного здоровья, нежелательных исходов беременности. Сохраняется актуальность проблемы антимикробной резистентности возбудителя.</p> <p><bold>Цель исследования.</bold> Анализ заболеваемости, обстоятельств выявления больных и применения лабораторных методов исследования при установлении диагноза гонококковой инфекции в Российской Федерации (РФ).</p> <p><bold>Методы.</bold> Анализ данных форм федерального статистического наблюдения № 9 и № 34 за 2011–2024 гг.</p> <p><bold>Результаты.</bold> За 2011–2019 гг. заболеваемость гонококковой инфекцией снизилась в 5 раз, инфекциями, передаваемыми половым путем (ИППП), в целом — в 2,5 раза. В 2020 г. снижение заболеваемости гонореей составило 13%, ИППП — 25%. После роста заболеваемости гонореей в 2021–2022 гг. было достигнуто ее снижение — на 4% в 2023 г. и на 15% в 2024 г. В период пандемии COVID-19 сократилась доля больных, выявляемых в стационарах (с 1,6% в 2019 г. до 0,8% в 2020–2024 гг.), при медицинских осмотрах (с 3,0% в 2019 г. до 1,7% в 2023 г.) и активно врачами-дерматовенерологами (с 16,2% в 2019 г. до 12,4% в 2023 г.). С 2019 по 2024 г. доля случаев гонореи, подтвержденных результатами молекулярно-биологического исследования, увеличилась с 27 до 57%. В 2024 г. для диагностики гонококковой инфекции не использовали молекулярно-биологический, микробиологический или оба метода в медицинских организациях государственной системы здравоохранения соответственно 13, 42 и 5 субъектов РФ.</p> <p><bold>Заключение.</bold> Отличительными особенностями динамики заболеваемости гонококковой инфекцией в период пандемии COVID-19 являются замедление темпа снижения в 2020 г. и рост заболеваемости в 2021 и 2022 гг., обусловленный увеличением числа случаев, выявленных среди граждан РФ. На фоне возобновления снижения заболеваемости в 2023–2024 гг. не восстановлен вклад активных мероприятий в выявление больных. В медицинских организациях государственной системы здравоохранения ряда субъектов РФ не обеспечена доступность высокочувствительных лабораторных методов исследования.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>gonococcal infection</kwd><kwd>morbidity</kwd><kwd>active detection</kwd><kwd>laboratory diagnostics</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>гонококковая инфекция</kwd><kwd>заболеваемость</kwd><kwd>активное выявление</kwd><kwd>лабораторная диагностика</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement xml:lang="en">The manuscript was prepared and published at the expense of the state budget (State Assignment to State Research Centre of Dermatovenereology and Cosmetology of the Ministry of Health of Russia No. 056-00005-25-00 for 2025 and planning period 2026 and 2027)</funding-statement><funding-statement xml:lang="ru">Рукопись подготовлена и опубликована за счет средств государственного задания ФГБУ «ГНЦДК» Минздрава России № 056-00005-25-00 на 2025 год и плановый период 2026 и 2027 годов</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Kirkcaldy RD, Weston E, Segurado AC, Hughes G. 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