STDs in the United States : A Reference Handbook

✍ Scribed by David E. Newton

• Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 367
• Series: Contemporary World Issues
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

STDs in the United States: A Reference Handbook provides information about sexually transmitted diseases and infections and their impact on both an individual and a societal level.

• Deals in detail with a number of topics not normally covered in competitor books, such as the nature of STDs in ancient periods, the Middle Ages, and early modern times

• Considers in detail diseases not generally discussed to such an extent in other books, such as chlamydia and various emerging sexual diseases

• Discusses the possibilities of vaccines for various STDs and inhibiting factors in their development, their possible benefits, and prospects for such vaccines

• Outlines educational approaches that have been or could be used for mitigating the spread of STDs

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Half Title......Page 2
Title......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 14
1 Background and History......Page 20
Sexual Diseases......Page 21
Mesopotamia......Page 23
Greece and Rome......Page 24
The Middle Ages......Page 26
The Appearance of Syphilis......Page 28
Treatments for STIs in History......Page 30
Theories of Miasma......Page 34
Cell Theory to Germ Theory......Page 35
The Discovery of Causative Agents for STIs......Page 38
The Viral Infections......Page 44
Herpes......Page 46
Hepatitis......Page 47
Human Papillomavirus......Page 49
Human Immunodeficiency Virus......Page 51
Diagnosis and Treatment......Page 53
Vaccines......Page 57
References......Page 58
“Cautious Exuberance” to “Troubled Concern”......Page 74
The Battle against Gonorrhea......Page 77
Syphilis: A Disheartening State of Affairs......Page 84
A New Kind of Challenge: Chlamydia......Page 90
A Harbinger of Cancer: Pelvic Inflammatory Disease......Page 95
HIV: An Epidemic under Control?......Page 105
Vaccine Successes: Hepatitis......Page 111
The Silent Epidemic: Herpes......Page 118
Emerging Sexually Transmitted Diseases......Page 122
Conclusion......Page 125
References......Page 126
Syringe Access and HIV......Page 148
Expedited Partner Therapy and the Role It Can Play in Reducing Sexually Transmitted Infections......Page 152
Using Public Transportation to Increase Awareness of Syphilis......Page 155
A New Era in the Stirrups......Page 159
Stigma and STIs......Page 162
Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Infections: A Missed Opportunity for Prevention......Page 165
Economic Coverage of HPV Vaccination......Page 169
HIV and Condom Negotiation......Page 172
Advocates for Youth......Page 178
American Sexual Health Association......Page 180
American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association......Page 182
amfAR: The Foundation for AIDS Research......Page 183
Baruch S. Blumberg (1925–2011)......Page 186
John C. Cutler (1915–2003)......Page 189
Division of STD Prevention......Page 191
Paul Ehrlich (1854–1915)......Page 193
Ian Frazer (1953–)......Page 194
Gay Men’s Health Crisis......Page 197
Ludwig Halberstädter (1876–1949)......Page 199
Hippocrates (ca. 460 BCE to ca. 370 BCE)......Page 200
Larry Kramer (1935–)......Page 202
Luc Montagnier (1932–)......Page 205
National Coalition of STD Directors......Page 208
National Network of STD Clinical Prevention Training Centers......Page 210
Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser (1855–1916)......Page 211
Hideyo Noguchi (1876–1928)......Page 212
Thomas J. Parran Jr. (1892–1968)......Page 214
Planned Parenthood......Page 217
Project Inform......Page 218
Philippe Ricord (1800–1889)......Page 220
Fritz Schaudinn (1871–1906)......Page 222
Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States......Page 223
Stanislaus Josef Mathias von Prowazek (1875–1915)......Page 225
August Paul von Wassermann (1866–1925)......Page 227
Harald zur Hausen (1936–)......Page 228
Table 5.1. Incidence of Certain STIs in the United States, 1941–2015......Page 232
Table 5.2. Cases of Chlamydia in the United States, by Age and Sex, 2015......Page 235
Table 5.3. Cases of Gonorrhea in the United States, by Age and Sex, 2015......Page 236
Table 5.5. States with Highest and Lowest Rates of Certain STIs, 2015......Page 237
Table 5.6. HIV Infection Statistics, United States, 2015......Page 239
BN v. KK (1988)......Page 241
GL v. ML (1988)......Page 243
Doe v. Roe (1990)......Page 245
United States v. Staff Sergeant Adolphus A. Young (2016)......Page 247
Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance 2015 (2016)......Page 250
National Overview of Sexually Transmitted Diseases 2015 (2016)......Page 253
Payment of Cost of Testing for Sexually Transmitted Diseases (1994)......Page 256
Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Prevention and Control Projects and Programs (2017)......Page 259
Reportable Disease......Page 262
Confidentiality......Page 263
STI Education......Page 265
Partner Notification......Page 266
Testing of Prisoners......Page 269
Reasonable Cause......Page 270
Quarantine......Page 271
Human Papillomavirus Vaccine......Page 272
Books......Page 276
Articles......Page 284
Reports......Page 300
Internet......Page 304
7 Chronology......Page 324
Glossary......Page 340
Index......Page 346
About the Author......Page 366