The burden of disease attributable to sexually transmitted infections in South Africa in 2000.
Objectives. To estimate the burden of disease attributable to sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in South Africa, to identify the factors contributing to this burden, and to review successes and failures in reducing this burden. Design. Years of life lost (YLL) and years lived with disability (YLD) were...

Taking chances: by the age of 19, one in four girls in this country is infected with a sexually transmitted disease. Here are some of their stories--and how you can avoid becoming one of them.
Just weeks from her sweet 16, Amanda * felt like she had it all: a closet of cute clothes, decent grades and great friends. Plus, she was head over heels in love with her boyfriend, Doug. Contemplating birth control, Amanda headed to a local clinic where the doctor ran...

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Recommends Tindamax(R) for the Treatment of Trichomoniasis in Latest Sexually Transmitted Disease Guidelines.
SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Mission Pharmacal announced today that its antiprotozoal drug Tindamax(R) (tinidazole) is now recommended as a first line therapy for the treatment of trichomoniasis in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) recently issued 2006 Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines. Trichomoniasis (also known...

Sexually transmitted disease rates still on rise.
Rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis increased in the United States during the past year and continued recent upward trends, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Young women, racial and ethnic populations, and men who have sex with men are particularly...

Sexually transmitted disease rates continue to increase.
Rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis increased in the United States during the past year and continued recent upward trends, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Young women, racial and ethnic populations, and men who have sex with men are particularly...

Minority women can benefit from ethnically tailored programs to reduce sexually transmitted disease risk.
Black and Mexican American women who participated in ethnically tailored behavioral interventions to prevent sexually transmitted disease (STD) had lower risks of subsequently acquiring gonorrhea or chlamydia than those receiving usual counseling in a randomized study in Texas. (1) Although the interventions lasted no more than months, participants sustained...

Recent childbirth or acquisition of new partner boosts sexually transmitted disease risk in female teenagers.
Female adolescents who have a sexually transmitted disease (STD) are more likely to have recently acquired a new sex partner than their sexually active peers who do not have an STD, according to a longitudinal study of teenagers receiving care at public health clinics in Connecticut. (1) One in...

Methicillin-resistant S. aureus may be an STD: preliminary finding. (Staphylococcus, sexually transmitted disease).
CHICAGO -- Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection may be a sexually transmitted disease among urban men who have sex with men, Chris J. Jimmerson reported at the annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. If this preliminary finding from a new, relatively small case-control study is...

Singh, A.E., Romanowski, B., Wong, T. et al. (2005). Herpes simplex virus seroprevalence and risk factors in 2 Canadian sexually transmitted disease clinics.
Singh, A.E., Romanowski, B., Wong, T. et al. (2005). Herpes simplex virus seroprevalence and risk factors in 2 Canadian sexually transmitted disease clinics. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 32, 95-100. Herpes infection can be caused by either herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV- 1) or herpes simplex virus type...

CDC: chlamydia rescreen 3-4 months post therapy. (Sexually Transmitted Disease Guidelines).
Recently updated guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urge providers to rescreen women 3-4 months after they've completed treatment for chlamydia. That was among the major new recommendations contained in the latest revision of the agency's sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines (MMWR 51[RR-6]:1-77 2002)....