Sex & fertility
STD symptoms and testing — References & further reading
1 Wikipedia.org. 2007. Syphilis. URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syphilis (accessed 01.02.2008).
2 Smith, S. 2007. Medical News: New York reports spike in syphilis cases — in infectious disease, HIV/AIDS, from MedPage Today. URL: http://www.medpagetoday.com/InfectiousDisease/HIVAIDS/tb/6123 (accessed 07.10.2007).
3 Wikipedia. 2008. Gonorrhea. URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonorrhea (accessed 01.04.2008).
4 van Duynhoven, Y. 1999. The epidemiology of Neisseria gonorrheae in Europe. Microbes Infect., 1 (6), 455–464. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=10602678&dopt=Abstract (accessed 01.04.2008).
5 CDC. Antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea. URL: http://www.cdc.gov/std/Gonorrhea/arg/default.htm (accessed 01.07.2008).
6 US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Women’s Health; National Women’s Health Information Center. 2005. Bacterial vaginosis. URL: http://www.4women.gov/faq/stdbv.htm (accessed 01.10.2008)
7 North Carolina State University Health Services. 2005. Condoms and safer sex. URL: http://www.ncsu.edu/health_promotion/Sexuality/viralSTD.html (accessed 01.06.2008).
8 Todar, K. 2006. University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Bacteriology. Animal viruses and viral diseases of humans. URL: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000857.htm (accessed 01.02.2008).
9 Welcome to herpes diagnosis. Diagnosing genital herpes — How do you do it? URL: http://www.herpesdiagnosis.com/diagnose.html (accessed 01.06.2008).
10 US Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control. 2006. HPV-STD treatment guidelines 2006. URL: http://www.cdc.gov/std/treatment/2006/hpv.htm (accessed 01.06.2008).
11 Ibid.
12 eMedicineHealth. 2005. HIV/AIDS. URL: http://www.emedicinehealth.com/hivaids/page5_em.htm#Exams%20and%20Tests (accessed 01.10.2008).
13 [No author or date listed.] HIV early symptoms: What are the early symptoms of HIV/AIDS. URL: http://www.hivsymptoms.org/hiv-early-symptoms.html (accessed 01.07.2008).
14 HIV test for early detection. URL: http://www.webmd.com/video/hiv-test-early-detection (accessed 01.10.2008).
15 Hollinger, F., & Lau, D. 2006. Hepatitis B: The pathway to recovery through treatment. Gastroenterol. Clin. North Am., 35 (4), 895–931. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17129820?dopt=Abstract (accessed 01.07.2008).
16 Wikipedia. 2008. Hepatitis B virus. URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatitis_B (accessed 01.07.2008).
17 Lok, A., & McMahon, B. 2007. Chronic hepatitis B. Hepatology, 45 (2), 507–539. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17256718?dopt=Abstract (accessed 01.07.2008).
18 Turchin, I., & Barankin, B. 2006. Dermacase. Molluscum. Canadian Family Physician, 52, 1407. URL (PDF): http://www.cfp.ca/cgi/reprint/52/11/1395 (accessed 01.06.2008).
19 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2002. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines. MMWR 2002: 51 (No. RR-6). URL: http://www.cdc.gov/NCIDOD/dpd/parasites/trichomonas/default.htm (accessed 01.15.2008).
20Centers for Disease Control. Division of Parasitic Diseases. 2004. Trichomonas infection fact sheet. URL: http://www.cdc.gov/NCIDOD/dpd/parasites/trichomonas/factsht_trichomonas.htm (accessed 01.02.2008).
21 Cohen, M., et al. World Health Organization (WHO). 2002. Literature reviews. Review on Wendel et al. Sexually transmitted diseases diagnostics initiative (SDI). Expert review on: “Trichomonas vaginalis polymerase chain reaction compared with standard diagnostic and therapeutic protocols for detection and treatment of vaginal trichomoniasis.” URL: http://www.who.int/std_diagnostics/literature_reviews/Issue_2/issue2_rev_wendel_11.htm (accessed 01.15.2008).
22 Ibid.
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On the lookout — common STD symptoms and testing
Original Publication Date: 01/21/2008
Last Modified: 03/27/2008
Principal Author: Marcella Sweet