Infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission

Description

tabes dorsalis: A tertiary neurosyphilis that results_in slow degeneration of the nerve cells and nerve fibers that carry sensory information to the brain. The infection has_symptom intense, stabbing pain in the back and legs that recurs irregularly, has_symptom gait ataxia, has_symptom hyperesthesia, has_symptom paresthesia, has_symptom loss of bladder sensation leading to urine retention, has_symptom erectile dysfunction.

Data source
FinnGen phenocode AB1_SEXUAL_TRANSMISSION
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: A51/A52/A58/A59/A50/A60/A57/A55/A53/A54/A64/A63/A56, ICD-9: 096/0781C/092/099/094/095/098/090/093/091/097/131, ICD-8: 09[0-9]|131
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: A58/A56/A64/A60/A63/A51/A55/A54/A59/A50/A57/A52/A53, ICD-9: 092/099/094/095/098/090/093/091/097/131/096/0781C, ICD-8: 09[0-9]|131
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 2
First defined in version DF2
Ontology
DOID 10027
GWAS catalog 0007505
MESH D013606
SNOMED CT 316841006

Key figures

Sex All Female Male
Number of individuals 3307 2372 935
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 2.49 3.16 1.63
Mean age at first event (years) 33.6 32.58 36.18
Median number of events / individual 1 1 1

Clinical metrics

Sex All Female Male
Recurrence within 6 months (%) 24.67 21.8 31.98
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 0.54 0.3 1.18

Associations