Jeffrey D. Klausner, Donald C. Barrett, Dwyn Dithmer, Epidemic Intelligence Service, Epidemiology Program Office—State Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; Cherrie B. Boyer, George F. Brooks, and Gail Bolan Department of Sociology, California State University, San Marcos, Division of Adolescent Medicine and Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Califo...

Dysuria due to urethritis is a widespread problem in adolescent girls which can be caused by either a urinary tract infection or a sexually transmitted disease. The incidence of urethritis due to sexually transmitted infections is highest in sexually active adolescent girls. Cases of urethritis might be complicated by cervicitis and an ascending pelvic inflammatory disease. Therefore, girls wit...

OBJECTIVE To examine the risk factors for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission among attendees of public sexually transmitted infection clinics in Hong Kong. DESIGN Retrospective matched case-control study. SETTING All public sexually transmitted infection clinics in Hong Kong. PATIENTS All public sexually transmitted infection clinic attendees' records from January 1995 to Dec...

Venereal diseases are becoming a major health problem in many developing countries where the greater part of primary medical care is undertaken by medical auxiliaries. Under these circumstances, the medical auxiliary has an important role to play in the control of these diseases but he can only do this with adequate training, support, and supervision from the professional doctors and specialist...