Infection Control Today - Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDS)

Syphilis Rate on Rise in U.S. Gay, Bisexual Men

Armed with more than a decade’s worth of statistics, researchers are sounding a new alarm about growing rates of syphilis among gay and bisexual men. The overall number of syphilis cases in the United States fell from 50,578 in 1990 to just 7,177 in 2003 perhaps because of ...More

May 1, 2007

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Infectious Disease Doctors Need New Drugs to Treat Gonorrhea

Warning of a looming public health crisis, the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) is calling for new antibiotics to treat gonorrhea, a common drug-resistant "superbug" that has become increasingly difficult to treat. IDSA's plea came in response to an ...More

April 13, 2007

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Local STD Controllers Call for Boosting Statewide Efforts to Address Increases in Sexually Transmitted Diseases

LOS ANGELES -- In response to the report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) calling attention to the 50 percent increase in gonorrhea rates in California, the California STD Controllers Association is calling for a statewide summit and an immediate ...More

March 19, 2007

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University and Health Science Center in San Antonio Collaborate to Find Chlamydia Vaccine

It’s the most common bacteria-related sexually transmitted disease in the United States, so researchers at The University of Texas at San Antonio’s South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases (STCEID) and The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center ...More

February 19, 2007

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Resurgence and Spread of Syphilis in China is a Rapidly Increasing Epidemic

The resurgence and spread in China of syphilis, an infection eliminated there from 1960 to 1980, represents a rapidly increasing epidemic calling for urgent intervention, according to authors of a new report documenting rising infection rates. "Syphilis has returned to ...More

January 12, 2007

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Scientists Discover Plants Lend Clues to Chlamydia Cure

Researchers from the UniformedServicesUniversity of the Health Sciences (USU) have discovered that Chlamydia, a bacteria that causes a sexually transmitted disease (STD), shares an evolutionary heritage with plants. That shared evolutionary heritage, which is not found in ...More

November 10, 2006

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Researcher is on a Quest for a Chlamydia Vaccine

Chlamydia is the most frequently reported sexually transmitted disease in the U.S. Its symptoms often are mild or absent, but it can cause serious complications, including pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy and infertility. University of Alabama at Birmingham ...More

September 25, 2006

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Researchers Say Health Benefits of Chlamydia Screening Programs “Might Have Been Overestimated”

The benefits and cost effectiveness of Chlamydia screening programs “might have been overestimated,” suggest researchers in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections. The international research team based their conclusions on long-term monitoring of almost 44,000 women ...More

May 26, 2006

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Common Bacterial Infection Can Cause Infertility Yet Few Young Women Get Screened

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- Chlamydia, a common bacterial infection can lead to infertility, yet new data released today by the American Social Health Association (ASHA) reveal that few young women are getting screened for this disease. The data summarize millions of ...More

April 5, 2006

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Health Campaigns Should Address Public Norms

Targeting people at highest risk for HIV and STD infection may not be the best approach, says TulaneUniversity public health expert Tom Farley. Farley and coauthor Deborah Cohen of the RAND Corporation published an article in this month's issue of the International Journal ...More

March 6, 2006

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