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Progress toward the 1990 objectives for sexually transmitted diseases: good news and bad.
Public Health Rep. 1985 May-Jun;100(3):261-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/85217102 Parra WC; Cates W Jr
Abstract:
The problem of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the United States has been growing, in both scope and complexity, at an alarming rate. As evidence of the emergence of these diseases as a primary national concern, the Surgeon General has designated them as 1 of 15 priority areas in which further actions are required to improve the health of the American people. The key targets for the 1990 objectives for the nation in the STD area include reducing the incidence of gonorrhea; gonococcal pelvic inflammatory disease; and primary, secondary, and congenital syphilis. This report updates progress toward these objectives. There is good news with respect to the continuing success of proven methods in preventing and controlling both gonorrhea and syphilis. However, the picture is less bright with respect to control of other STDs that have gained new prominence--Chlamydia, herpesvirus, human papillomavirus, and human T-cell lymphotropic virus type III infections. Escalating interest in STDs reflects more recent appreciation of their relation to reproductive outcomes. STD organisms clearly have a far-reaching effect on the nation's population, including the capacity to reproduce, the rate of perinatal infection, the incidence of genital cancers, and the occurrence of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/EPIDEMIOLOGY/PREVENTION & CONTROL Adolescence Adult Chlamydia Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY/PREVENTION & CONTROL Female Gonorrhea/COMPLICATIONS/PREVENTION & CONTROL *Health Planning *Health Priorities Herpes Simplex/COMPLICATIONS/PREVENTION & CONTROL Human Infant Infant, Newborn Male Sex Behavior Sex Education Sexually Transmitted Diseases/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*PREVENTION & CONTROL/ TRANSMISSION Syphilis/EPIDEMIOLOGY/PREVENTION & CONTROL United States United States Public Health Service JOURNAL ARTICLE
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