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  • Title: STDs: flushing out the "hidden epidemic".
    Journal: Contracept Technol Update; 2000 Jan; 21(1):4-5. PubMed ID: 12295506.
    Abstract:
    The rapid explosion of HIV infection ranks as the most significant event in the arena of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). In making efforts against HIV/AIDS, public health officials are now preparing to confront what is called "the hidden epidemic" of STDs. Important progress has been made in research in diagnosing and treating STDs including urine-based screening for gonorrhea, single-dose treatments for curable STDs, as well as improved chlamydia screening and treatment. While herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2) remains incurable, the arrival of antiviral drugs such as acyclovir, famciclovir, and valacyclovir offer suppressive treatment to keep HSV-2 outbreak to a minimum level. Efforts to eliminate syphilis have been undertaken. As progress was made on bacterial STDs, viral STDs have become more important. Health providers will need to be ready to face such STDs in the coming years. It is hoped that vaccines and microbicides will be developed to combat the epidemic.
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