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In the News: CDC Study Finds Low Rate of Chlamydia Screening Among Young Women (2012), Pediatricians Endorse HIV Screening for All Teens Who Live in High Risk Areas (2011), Even Without Symptoms, Persons with Herpes Spread the Virus (2011), Home-collection Testing for Sexually-transmitted Infections (2010)
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CDC: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
American Social Health Association: STDs/STIs
Planned Parenthood: Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)
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Sources Used in Current Review
CDC – NPIN. STDs – Today. Available online at http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/std/std.asp through http://www.cdcnpin.org. Accessed February 2012.
Information on GARDASIL. Available online at http://www.gardasil.com/what-is-gardasil/information-on-gardasil/index.html#one through http://www.gardasil.com. Accessed February 2012.
CDC. Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs), Trichomoniasis - CDC Fact Sheet. Available online at http://www.cdc.gov/std/trichomonas/STDFact-Trichomoniasis.htm through http://www.cdc.gov. Accessed February 2012.
Sinnema, J. University of Alberta researchers move closer to hepatitis C vaccine. Postmedia News. February 15, 2012. Available online at http://www.canada.com/health/University+Alberta+researchers+move+closer+hepatitis+vaccine/6159502/story.html?id=6159502 through http://www.canada.com. Accessed February 2012.
Sources Used in Previous Reviews
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID, NIH). Sexually Transmitted Infections. Available online at http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/topics/sti/ through http://www3.niaid.nih.gov with additional information (Key points about STIs in the United States) at http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/topics/sti/keyPoints.htm. Accessed February 12, 2009.
Barclay, Laurie. CDC Issues Annual Report on Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Medscape Today. Available online at http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/586754 through http://www.medscape.com. Accessed February 2009.
