Sexually Transmitted Disease
Related Links
- The Georgia Department of Public Health,
Division
of Public Health response to Lymphogranuloma Venereum (LGV)
- This DHR site provides information on LGV as they call attention to a possible
outbreak of Lymphogranuloma Venereum (LGV) among men who have sex with men (MSM),
urging the public to help in identifying any possible case of LGV, a sexually
transmitted strain of Chlamydia trachomatis (serovars L1, L2, L3).
- Lymphogranuloma Venereum
(LGV) Surveillance
- This CDC site provides surveillance information on LGV.
- Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention STD Prevention Division
- The Division of STD Prevention, at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
provides national leadership through research, policy development, and support
of effective services to prevent sexually transmitted diseases (including HIV
infection) and their complications such as enhanced HIV transmission, infertility,
adverse outcomes of pregnancy, and reproductive tract cancer.
- Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS)
- THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES is the United States government's
principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential
human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves.
- DHR Epidemiology Branch/Notifiable
Disease Section
- The mission of the Notifiable Disease Section is to systematically collect,
analyze, interpret and disseminate data on notifiable diseases in Georgia, and
to provide the expertise in outbreak management and all facets of infectious
diseases.
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