Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Thursday September 17, 2009, by Susa Nahmias

Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance 2007. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of STD Prevention, December 2008.

Sexually transmitted diseases among American youth: incidence and prevalence estimates, 2000. Weinstock H, Berman S, Cates W Jr. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 36(1):6–10, 2004.

The Estimated Direct Medical Cost of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Among American Youth, 2000. Chesson HW, Blandford JM, Gift TL, Tao G, Irwin KL. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 36(1):11–19, 2004

Mediators of the association between age of first sexual intercourse and subsequent human papillomavirus infection. Kahn JA, Rosenthal SL, Succop PA, Ho GYF, Burk RD. Pediatrics109;e5, 2002.

In addition:

A pooled analysis of the effect of condoms in preventing HSV-2 acquisition. Martin ET, Krantz E, Gottlieb SL, Magaret AS, Langenberg A, Stanberry L, Kamb M, Wald A. Arch Intern Med. 169(13):1233-40, 2009.

Sexually transmitted disease prevention in adolescents and young adults. Williams CR, Wimberly Y. J Natl Med Assoc 98(2):275-6, 2006.

Cunnilungus and vaginal intercourse are risk factors for herpes simplex type 1 acquisition in women. Cherpes TL, Meyn LA, Hillier SL. Sex Trans Dis 32(2):84-89, 2005.

Psychosocial predictors of HIV-associated sexual behaviors and the efficacy of prevention interventions in adolescents at-risk for HIV infection: what works and what doesn’t work? DiClemente RJ, Crittenden CP, Rose E, Sales JM, Wingood GM, Crosby RA, Salazar LF. Psychosom Med 70(5):598-605, 2008.

The limits of abstinence-only in preventing sexually transmitted infections. Fortenberry JD. Journal of Adolescent Health 36:269–270, 2005.

After the promise: the STD consequences of adolescent virginity pledges. Brückner H, Bearman P. J Adolesc Health. 36(4):271-8, 2005.