Sexually Transmitted Diseases - Transmission
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Monday, March 22, 2010

Risky sexual behaviors and sexually transmitted diseases: a comparison study of cocaine-dependent individuals in treatment versus a community-matched sample.

30 Aug 2009 Cocaine users routinely engage in high-risk sexual behaviors that place them at an elevated risk of contracting HIV and other blood-borne infections. The purpose of the present study was to compare trading sex for drugs and/or money, having 10 or ... Read more...

Sexual behaviour, drugs and alcohol use of international students at a British university: a cross-sectional survey.

30 Aug 2009 The aim of the study was to determine whether international students have greater risk-taking behaviours that could lead to importing novel and resistant strains of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). We conducted a cross-sectional web-based ... Read more...

Sexual networks are diverse and complex: prevalence of relationships bridging population subgroups in the Seattle Sex Survey.

30 Jul 2009 GOAL: To better understand how and how often individuals bridge demographic groups in their sex partnerships, and to describe the epidemiologic characteristics of bridging and associations with history of sexually transmitted infection (STI). ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Sexually Transmitted Diseases - Transmission'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Risky sexual behaviors and sexually transmitted diseases: a comparison study of cocaine-dependent individuals in treatment versus a community-matched sample. 30 Aug 2009
• Sexual behaviour, drugs and alcohol use of international students at a British university: a cross-sectional survey. 30 Aug 2009
• Sexual networks are diverse and complex: prevalence of relationships bridging population subgroups in the Seattle Sex Survey. 30 Jul 2009
• "Someone naughty for tonight": sex partner recruitment venues and associated STI risk. 30 Jul 2009
• A possible cluster of sexually transmitted Entamoeba histolytica: genetic analysis of a highly virulent strain. 30 Jul 2009
• Beyond anal sex: sexual practices associated with HIV risk reduction among men who have sex with men in Boston, Massachusetts. 29 Jun 2009
• Sex risk practices among HIV-positive individuals in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 29 Jun 2009
• Knowledge and practice among healthcare providers in rural Vietnam regarding sexually transmitted infections. 29 Jun 2009
• Identifying hidden sexual bridging communities in Chicago. 17 Jun 2009
• Transactional sex among men and women in the south at high risk for HIV and other STIs. 8 Jun 2009
• A sexual health time bomb that needs to be defused. 30 May 2009
• [Knowledge of Czech and Romanian women about STIs. Representative survey] 30 May 2009
• Influencing risk behavior of sexually transmitted infection clinic visitors: efficacy of a new methodology of motivational preventive counseling. 30 May 2009
• Treatment options in metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal. 27 May 2009
• Incarceration and high-risk sex partnerships among men in the United States. 19 May 2009
• Potential pathways to HIV/AIDS transmission in the Niger Delta of Nigeria: poverty, migration and commercial sex. 29 Apr 2009
• [Health clinics work with sexually transmitted infections has shortages. A national survey shows great variations between different clinics] 29 Apr 2009
• The epidemiology of human immunodeficiency virus infection, sexually transmitted infections, and associated risk behaviors among men who have sex with men in the Mekong Subregion and China: implications for policy and programming. 29 Apr 2009
• High prevalence of unprotected sex among Finnish HIV-positive and HIV-negative injecting drug users. 14 Apr 2009
• Adding the female condom to the public health agenda on prevention of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among men and women during anal intercourse. 14 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Sexually Transmitted Diseases'

Definition: Diseases due to or propagated by sexual contact.

Descriptor UI: D012749

Alternative terms: Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Disease, Sexually Transmitted; Diseases, Sexually Transmitted; Sexually Transmitted Disease; STDs; Venereal Diseases; Disease, Venereal; Diseases, Venereal; Venereal Disease;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; transmission; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C01.539.778; C02.800; C12.294.668; C13.351.500.711;

Online Note: use SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES to search VENEREAL DISEASES 1966-86

History Note: 87; was VENEREAL DISEASES 1963-86

Technical Notes: general or unspecified; prefer specifics; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL & SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL are also available; not all genital diseases are venereal or sexually transm & not all sexually transm diseases are genital; contact tracing: index under CONTACT TRACING (IM) + SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES /epidemiol or /transm (IM)