Partner notification and treatment Institute of Venereology-experience

INTRODUCTION: There has been a significant increase in general awareness about Sexually transmitted diseases (STD's) among the general public. However, rates of partner notification and treatment which are an integral part of STD awareness is still questionable. METHODOLOGY AND RESULTS: We anal...

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Autores principales: Arunkumar, S., Kamoji, Sushruth Guruputra, Kasatti, Gajendran
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3730467/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23919048
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2589-0557.112863
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: There has been a significant increase in general awareness about Sexually transmitted diseases (STD's) among the general public. However, rates of partner notification and treatment which are an integral part of STD awareness is still questionable. METHODOLOGY AND RESULTS: We analyzed the statistics for prevalence of partner notification (which is about 52%) as well as the possible reasons for non-compliance. An overview of various ways of partner notification has been given as patient delivered partner medication (PDPM) and patient based partner referral (PBPR) of which PDPM is the most acceptable and effective method worldwide.

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