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How Do You Let Your Partners Know They May Have Been Exposed to HIV?

This brochure discusses how Partner Services provides free and confidential services to people diagnosed with HIV or other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs, like syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia) and their partners. Through Partner Services, health department staff members help find sexual or drug injection partners so they can be informed of their potential risk of being exposed to HIV or another STD. Partner Services then provides sexual or drug injection partners who are at risk with testing, counseling, and referrals for other services.

Conceptos básicos sobre PrEP para Pacientes

This fact sheet in Spanish answers questions for potential PrEP user, such as treatment methods, how to access care, and ways to reduce the chances of getting HIV.

PrEP Basics for Patients

This fact sheet answers questions for potential PrEP user, such as treatment methods, how to access care, and ways to reduce the chances of getting HIV.

Bacterial Vaginosis – CDC Basic Fact Sheet

This fact sheet answers general questions about bacterial vaginosis; including how BV is spread, how to reduce the risk of getting BV, and treatment options.

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) – CDC Basic Fact Sheet

This fact sheet answers basic questions about pelvic inflammatory disease; including what causes PID, how to reduce the risk of development, and recommendations for prevention. 

Gonorrhea – CDC Basic Fact Sheet

This fact sheet answers general questions about Gonorrhea; including how gonorrhea is spread, how to reduce the risk of getting chlamydia, and treatment options.

Chlamydia – CDC Basic Fact Sheet

This fact sheet answers general questions about chlamydia; including how chlamydia is spread, how to reduce the risk of getting chlamydia, and treatment options.

NIH Herpes Simplex Strategic Plan 2023

This plan outlines the HSV research framework with four strategic priorities: improving fundamental knowledge of HSV biology, pathogenesis, and epidemiology; accelerating research to improve HSV diagnosis; improving strategies to treat HSV while seeking a curative therapeutic; and, advancing research to prevent HSV infection.