Core Concepts in Health, 9/e

Paul M. Insel, Stanford University School of Medicine
Walton T. Roth, Stanford University School of Medicine

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Chapter 18 in the News Links

(See the In the News box on p. 540 in your text.)

For more on the current prevalence and incidence of STDs, visit the following sites:

http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/dstd/Stats_Trends/Stats_and_Trends.htm CDC Division of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Prevention: Surveillance and Statistics

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (Hint: Search articles for a particular disease.)

http://www.kmrp.org/pages/stats.html Kaiser Media Resource Program: Facts and Stats

http://www.kff.org/content/archive/1445/std_qa.html Kaiser Family Foundation: Sexually Transmitted Diseases in America: How Many Cases and at What Cost?

http://www.agi-usa.org/sections/std.html Alan Guttmacher Institute: Sexually Transmitted Disease and AIDS

For information on international trends in STD incidence, visit the following sites:

http://www.unaids.org Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

http://www.who.int/health-topics/std.htm World Health Organization: Sexually Transmitted Diseases

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