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This monograph is a curricular outline for examination of an STD patient. It explains the rationale and general clinical approach including epidemiological and medical goals of an STD intervention, taking a sexual history, risk indicators for STD, chief complaint and history of present illness...

This visual file is a set of 30 slides providing information on the epidemiology of HIV infection through 2009. It includes diagnoses of HIV infection among adults and adolescents by sex, transmission category, race/ethnicity 2006-2009, and in 2008 in the United States and five dependencies...

On October 25, 2011, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended routine use of quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine (HPV4; Gardasil, Merck & Co. Inc.) in males aged 11 or 12 years. ACIP also recommended vaccination with HPV4 for males aged 13 through 21 years who...

This report describes the results of CDC’s analysis of HIV testing conducted in 21 cities as part of the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System (NHBS) to assess whether MSM were tested as recommended (at least annually) and whether more frequent testing was indicated. Results indicated that of...

This report describes tests of an analysis of data from five laboratories that used reverse sequence screening during 2006-2010 to identify persons with possible untreated syphilis. Three sites served patient populations with low prevalence of syphilis, and two sites served patient population with...

This pamphlet provides information about the STD syphilis. It lists basic facts about the disease and discusses transmission, symptoms for men and women, testing, and treatment. The pamphlet explains that recent sex partners should be notified, as they would need to be tested for the disease and...

This pamphlet provides information about the STD chlamydia. It lists basic facts about the disease and discusses transmission, symptoms for men and women, testing, and treatment. The pamphlet explains that recent sex partners should be notified, as they would need to be tested for the disease and...

This pamphlet provides information about the STD chlamydia. It lists basic facts about the disease and discusses transmission, symptoms for men and women, testing, and treatment. The pamphlet explains that recent sex partners should be notified, as they would need to be tested for the disease and...

This pamphlet provides information about genital human papillomavirus (HPV). It notes that this is the most common sexually transmitted virus in the US and that most people who have the disease do not know it, as they may not have symptoms. It explains how the disease is transmitted, the symptoms...

In this report, the CDC used the National HIV Surveillance System data to estimate among youths, prevalence rates of diagnosed HIV infection in 2009 and the number of new infections in 2010. CDC used the 2009 and 2010 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System for 9th -12th grade students and the 2010...