STD test just a click away.With the number of early syphilis cases in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden skyrocketing (mainly among men who have sex with men Men who have sex with men (MSM) is a term used mostly in the United States to classify men who engage in sex with other men, regardless of whether they self-identify as gay, bisexual, or heterosexual. ), the city's public health department and a community-based organization have developed an innovative way to offer confidential testing and treatment; pretty much all a person needs is a computer and Internet access. (1) The service, launched in June 2003, allows area residents to submit an online request for a syphilis test, which is then ordered by a licensed physician. The individual goes to a participating lab to have blood drawn and receives the test results, which are tagged with an anonymous ID number, online. If the test result is positive, the individual is directed to a Web page containing information about syphilis and its treatment, and is informed that a city public health staff person will be in touch to discuss appropriate care. During the service's first year of operation, 218 tests were performed, and 3% detected syphilis infections. The proportion identifying early syphilis (2%) was similar to that at a municipal STD (Subscriber Trunk Dialing) Long distance dialing outside of the U.S. that does not require operator intervention. STD prefix codes are required and billing is based on call units, which are a fixed amount of money in the currency of that country. clinic and at a gay men's health Men's Health Definition Men's health is concerned with identifying, preventing, and treating conditions that are most common or specific to men. center. (1.) Levine DK, Scott RIG and Klausner JD, Online syphilis testing-confidential and convenient, Sexually Transmitted Diseases Sexually transmitted diseases Infections that are acquired and transmitted by sexual contact. Although virtually any infection may be transmitted during intimate contact, the term sexually transmitted disease is restricted to conditions that are largely , 2005, 32(2):139-141. Dore Hollander, executive editor of Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. |
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