Sexually Transmitted Diseases 
Facts & Information

General Information

	Evaluation of Sexually Transmitted Disease Control Practices for Male Patients With Urethritis at a Large Group Practice Affiliated With a Managed Care Organization --- Massachusetts, 1995--1997 - MMWR (June 8, 2001)
	Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) (May 21, 2001)
	Tracking the Hidden Epidemics, Trends in STDs in the United States 2000 - Published in 2000, this document tracks trends through 1999 surveillance data. (Corrected April 6, 2001)
	CDC Issues Major New Report on STD Epidemics
		Table: Gonorrhea & Syphilis Rates by City, 1999
	STD Increases among Gay and Bisexual Men Reported at National Conference
	African Americans Disproportionately Affected by STDs
	Most Teens Not Provided STD or Pregnancy Prevention Counseling during Check-ups
	STD Clinical Slides - The STD Clinical slides depict symptoms for 9 sexually transmitted diseases.  The slides are available in ready-to-use Microsoft PowerPoint slide shows or as individual graphic files for inclusion in slide shows or documents.  To access the STD clinical slides, please request a user id and password.  Please indicate how you plan to use the slides.  Request Password 0r email Fbarnes@cdc.gov
	STDs and Pregnancy
	Resurgent Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Disease Among Men who have Sex with Men -- King County, Washington, 1997-1999 - MMWR article (September 10, 1999)
	CDC Issues National Report Card on STDs (January 26, 1999)
	Impact of Closure of STD Clinic... (December 18, 1998)
	Trends in Sexual Risk Behaviors Among High School Students -- United States, 1991-1997 (September 18, 1998)
	What We Have Learned...1990-1995" - Behavioral Interventions and Research Branch
	What We have Learned from the AIDS Evaluation of Street Outreach Projects - AESOP - Results of a 5 year study of outreach services to injection drug users and youth in high-risk situations at 8 sites. (in Adobe Acrobat format.)
	Assessment of STD Services in City and County Jails - United States, 1997 (June 5, 1998)

Bacterial Vaginosis (BV)

	Bacterial Vaginosis (BV)

Chlamydia

	Chlamydia, Disease Information (May 21, 2001)
	Chlamydia in the United States
	Chlamydia Prevalence Monitoring Project Annual Report - 2000
	Chlamydia Prevalence Monitoring Project Annual Report - 1999
	Chlamydia Screening, HEDIS and Managed Care - Information about the new chlamydia screening HEDIS measure and Socrates, a free downloadable software tool that allows users to determine the most cost effective screening strategy.
	Chlamydia Prevalence Monitoring Project Annual Report - 1998 - A supplement to the 1998 National STD Surveillance Report
	High Prevalence of Chlamydial and Gonococcal Infection in Women Entering Jails and Juvenile Detention Centers -- Chicago, Birmingham, and San Francisco, 1998 - MMWR article published September 17, 1999

Genital Herpes (Herpes Simplex Virus HSV)

	Genital Herpes
	Proposed Approaches for Herpes Prevention - Report of the Genital Herpes Prevention Consultants Meeting (September 18, 1998)  In Adobe PDF format

Genital Warts (Human Papillomavirus HPV)

	Genital HPV Infection (May 14, 2001)
	Prevention of Genital HPV Infection and Sequelae: Report of an External Consultants' Meeting
	Human Papillomaviruses and Cancer - Cancer Facts, Risk Factors from the National Cancer Institute

Gonorrhea

	Notice to Readers: Recall of LCx® Neisseria gonorrhoeae Assay and Implications for Laboratory Testing for N. gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis - MMWR August 16, 2002
	Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project Annual Report - 2000
	Notice to Readers: Update on Spectinomycin Availability in the United States - MMWR, August 3, 2001
	Notice to Readers: Shortage of Spectinomycin  - MMWR, June 8, 2001
	Alternatives to Spectinomycin for the Treatment of Neisseria Gonorrhoeae (June 8, 2001)
	Gonorrhea
	Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project Annual Report 1999
	Fluoroquinolone-Resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Hawaii, 1999, and Decreased Susceptibility to Azithromycin in N. gonorrhoeae, Missouri, 1999 - MMWR article published  September 22, 2000
	Gonorrhea - United States 1998 - MMWR Article published June 23, 2000
	Alcohol Policy and Sexually Transmitted Disease Rates --- United States, 1981--1995 - MMWR article published April 28, 2000
	1998 Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project (GISP) Annual Report
	Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project (GISP) - a collaborative project to monitor antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the United States
	High Prevalence of Chlamydial and Gonococcal Infection in Women Entering Jails and Juvenile Detention Centers -- Chicago, Birmingham, and San Francisco, 1998 - MMWR article published September 17, 1999
	Increase in Unsafe Sex and Rectal Gonorrhea - MMWR article published January 29, 1999

HIV/AIDS and STDs

	The Role of STD Testing and Treatment in HIV Prevention (Updated May 2001)
	HIV Prevention Through Early Detection and Treatment of Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases -- United States Recommendations of the Advisory Committee for HIV and STD Prevention (July 31, 1998)
	STD Treatment to Prevent HIV Infection - Implications of Recent Community-Level Studies (July,1998)
	Project Respect.... - Most Definitive Study to Date on Effectiveness of HIV Counseling and Testing Finds Significant Reduction in Sexually Transmitted Diseases (October,1998)

Syphilis

	Media Releases - Syphilis Elimination (November 28, 2001)
	Congenital Syphilis --- United States, 2000 - MMWR, July 13, 2001
	Congenital Syphilis - Reported cases and rates by state/area, ranked according to rates: United States and outlying areas, 2000 (July 12, 2001)
	Syphilis among Infants Down More Than Half in Three Years - Press Release (July 12, 2001)
	Primary and Secondary Syphilis --- United States, 1999 - MMWR, February 23, 2001
	Outbreak of Syphilis Among Men Who Have Sex With Men --- Southern California, 2000- MMWR, February 23, 2001
	Syphilis Elimination Update: Syphilis Rate Declines among African Americans
	Update:  Penicillin G Availability - September 22, 2000
	Alternatives to Intravenous Penicillin G for Specific Infections - Alternative treatment recommendations in response to the shortage of penicillin G. (October 28, 1999)
	Announcing Syphilis Elimination
	Syphilis Facts (May 29, 2001)
	Inadvertent Use of Bicillin C-R for Treatment of Syphilis -- Maryland, 1998- MMWR article (September 10, 1999)
	Congenital Syphilis -- United States, 1998 - MMWR article (September 3, 1999)
	Primary and Secondary Syphilis -- United States, 1997 - MMWR article (July 26, 1998)
	Outbreak of Primary and Secondary Syphilis - Guilford County, North Carolina, 1996-1997 (December 18, 1998)
	Epidemic of Congential Syphilis - Baltimore, 1996-1997  (October 30, 1998)
	Syphilis in the South - A Case Study Assessment in Eight Southern Communities (April 28th 1997)
	Syphilis Screening Among Women Arrestees.. - Cook County Jail, Chicago, 1996 (June 5, 1998)

Trichomoniasis

	Trichomoniasis
	Trichomoniasis Page - from the Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Disease (DPD/NCID)