CDC’s STD Information Hub
http://www.cdc.gov/std/default.htm
STI Overviews
http://www.itsyoursexlife.com/iysl/low_down http://www.cdc.gov/std
STI
Questions, Answered by Dr. Robert Hatcher
http://www.managingcontraception.com/qa/categories.php?categoryid=10
Planned Parenthood’s STI Information
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/health-topics/stds-hiv-safer-sex-101.htm
Human Papillomavirus
(the most common STI)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hpv.html
http://www.ashastd.org/hpv/hpv_overview.cfm
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) (the most lethal STI)
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/basic/index.htm#prevention
http://www.aids.gov/hiv-aids-basics
Who is affected by HIV in South Carolina
Rates
of HIV/STIs in South Carolina
https://www.scdhec.gov/health/disease/sts/index.htm
Q: Do you think you could tell if your partner was infected? Follow this link to test your ability to tell by looking at somebody http://www.plannedparenthood.org/teen-talk/
A: People don’t come with warning signs and many people don’t know that they have an STI.
See where your state rates (2008):
Chlamydia (SC #3)
http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats08/tables/2.htm
Gonorrhea
(SC #3)
http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats08/tables/12.htm
Syphilis