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Sexually Transmitted Diseases > Publications > Report of the Genital Herpes Prevention Consultants Meeting May 5-6, 1998
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August 20, 1998 - The Division of STD Prevention has initiated a systematic assessment of the need and feasibility of prevention programs for the viral STDs other than HIV, notably genital herpes and human papillomavirus infection. Enclosed is the report of an external consultants meeting on prevention of genital herpes that was held May 5-6, 1998. The document presents the recommendations of the meeting participants to CDC, not the policy or recommendations of the Division of STD Prevention, or the Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, or CDC. There were a few recommendations for specific prevention activities that CDC was encouraged to implement as soon as practical. These include:
Some consultants advised that CDC recommend that all HIV-infected persons be evaluated for genital herpes, including type-specific serology, but others disagreed. The main recommendations were for demonstration projects, behavioral and operational research, and other program development activities to inform future strategies to prevent sexual transmission of HSV, neonatal herpes, and herpes-related HIV transmission. Selected topics for these activities include:
It is not clear that prevention of genital herpes or HPV infection should unfold on a scale or in the style of our prevention programs for the bacterial STDs or HIV/AIDS. Rather, this report and the activities that will stem from it are merely the first steps in a process that will evolve over several years as we critically assess various prevention strategies.
Page last modified: September 18, 1998 Page last reviewed: September 18, 1998 Historical Document Content Source: Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention |
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