Public Health Laboratories: An Important Ally in Sexually Transmitted Infection Control

The public health approach to Sexually Transmitted Diseases control. STD

Molecular Typing in Public Health Laboratories: From an Academic Indulgence to an Infection Control Imperative

Using three Austrian case studies, the variegated applications of molecular typing in today's public health laboratories are discussed to help illustrate preventive management strategies relying on DNA subtyping. DNA macrorestriction analysis by pulsed field gel electrophoresis has become the gold standard for subtyping of food borne pathogens like listeria, salmonella, campylobacter and Bacill...

Public health implications of sexually transmitted diseases in pediatric practice.

Internet treatment of sexually transmitted infections – a public health hazard?

BACKGROUND Owing to the stigma associated with sexually transmitted infections, patients may prefer to keep their illness private, and choose instead to try self-treatment remedies from the internet. However, such remedies may prove hazardous if the sellers do not provide detailed advice on adverse effects, or on avoiding transmission and re-infection. We conducted an internet search to determi...

PUBLIC HEALTH Violence against wives, sexual risk and sexually transmitted infection among Bangladeshi men

Objective: To assess the relationship between men’s reported violence against wives and their sexual risk behaviours and sexual health. Design, setting and participants: Cross-sectional analyses of a survey of a nationally representative household-based sample of married men in Bangladesh (n = 3096). Main outcome measure(s): Physical and sexual violence against wives during the previous 12 mont...