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Special Populations
MSM
A Rash of Syphilis (pdf) - September 23, 2003 Vol. 52, No. 19
HIV Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: A Snapshot of Oregon (pdf) In 2002, Program Design and Evaluation Services (PDES) an evaluation unit jointly administered by Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS) and Multnomah County Health Departmentconducted a study to update our understanding of the health and HIV prevention needs of Oregons MSM.
CDC STD Treatment Guidelines 2002: Need for Expanded Risk Assessment and Screening Among Gay and Bisexual Men
2002 Data Summary
Members of the gay community have represented a small percentage of early syphilis cases during the past several years. During 2001, four (18%) of the 22 reported early syphilis cases were in gay men. This trend changed dramatically during 2002. Twenty (43%) of the 47 cases of early syphilis were attributed to gay infections. During 2002, of the 47 reported cases, 12 were primary, 17 were secondary, and 18 were early latent cases under one year duration. Of these early syphilis cases, 29 were white, 16 were African American, and two were Asian/Pacific Islander.
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CDC STD Treatment Guidelines 2002:
Rescreening for Chlamydia Helps Protect Young Women from Infertility
The Health Services STD Program is working to reduce complications
such as infertility by screening adolescent and young adult women for chlamydia. (See The Region X Infertility Prevention Project (IPP)).
It is estimated that 40% of untreated women with chlamydia will develop PID, or Pelvic Inflammatory Disease. Learn more about PID and chlamydia.
Learn more about Women and STDs:
These are just a few of pamphlets you can order using our fax/mail order form:
- Young Women and STDs
- Women and STDs
- If You Are a Woman...
- Vaginitis - What Every Woman Should Know
- Protect Yourself and Your Baby
- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
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