Sexual encounters on holiday are potentially dangerous, and young people and sex tourists are more at risk than others. On page 214 Rogstad reviews available evidence of people's sexual behaviour while they are on holiday and discusses the management of people who have acquired, or are at risk of acquiring, a sexually transmitted infection on holiday. Screening for gonorrhoea, Chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV should be performed, and chancroid, lymphogranuloma venereum, and granuloma inguinale should be kept in mind when the patient has had sex with someone from a developing country. The authors recommend preventive measures, including information on safer sex and the risks of sex abroad.
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