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41. Archived: Evidence Summary: Sexually Transmitted Infections: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    September 22, 2014 - Because studies provided treatment of baseline infections, bacterial infections at follow-up were considered … new infections. … For studies that included viral infection outcomes, only infections after baseline assessment were counted … with sexually transmitted infection: results of a randomized controlled trial. … KQ = key question; STI = sexually transmitted infection.

42. Screening for HIV: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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    , and pregnant women Recommendation Screen for HIV infection. … persons at high risk include those who have acquired or request testing for other sexually transmitted infections … Interventions At present, there is no cure for chronic HIV infection. … therapy (ART) (specifically, the use of combined ART), immunizations, and prophylaxis for opportunistic infections … Recommendations The USPSTF has made recommendations on behavioral counseling to prevent sexually transmitted infections

43. Clinical Summary: Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women (pdf file)
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    Clinical Summary: Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women Clinical Summary: Screening … for Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women Population Pregnant women Recommendation Screen … early for syphilis infection in all pregnant women. … Screening Tests Screening for syphilis infection is a 2-step process. … Recommendations The USPSTF has made recommendations on screening for other sexually transmitted infections

44. Final Research Plan: Genital Herpes Infection: Serologic Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    December 02, 2021 - Share to Email Print Final Research Plan Genital Herpes Infection … who are HSV-2 seronegative are also eligible All KQs: Children (age <13 years), persons with HIV infection … counseling interventions for seronegative pregnant persons that aim to prevent primary genital HSV infection … The USPSTF clarified the role of HSV-1 in genital herpes infections and its rationale for focusing on … ,” which includes herpes simplex infections.

45. Screening for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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    Sexually active females aged ≤24 y and older women at increased risk for infection Men … Grade: I statement Risk Assessment Age is a risk factor for chlamydial and gonococcal infections … , with the highest infection rates occurring in women aged 20 to 24 y. … Screening Tests Chlamydial and gonococcal infections are diagnosed by using nucleic acid amplification … Treatment and Interventions Chlamydial and gonococcal infections respond to treatment with antibiotics

46. Draft Research Plan: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV): Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    November 30, 2023 - , quality of life, function, and reduced transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections … HIV regardless of CD4 count vs. treatment based on CD4 threshold on mortality, AIDS and opportunistic infections … , quality of life, function, and reduced transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections … clinics), other healthcare settings in which screening is commonly performed (e.g., sexually transmitted infection … ; quality of life; function; reduced transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections KQ

47. Archived: Chlamydial Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    June 15, 2007 - History of: Previous Chlamydial infection or other sexually transmitted infections, new or multiple … The USPSTF recognizes that asymptomatic, untreated infections in men provide a reservoir of infection … In women, chlamydial infections commonly result in cervicitis and urethritis. … Other risk factors include a history of chlamydial infection or other sexually transmitted infections … History of: Previous Chlamydial infection or other sexually transmitted infections, new or multiple

48. Screening for HIV Infection in Asymptomatic, Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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    June 11, 2019 - of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections? … at a higher vs lower CD4 cell count on mortality, AIDS and opportunistic infections, quality of life … , function, and reduced transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, and harms? … vs lower CD4 cell count on mortality, AIDS and opportunistic infections, quality of life, function, … reduced transmission of HIV and other sexually trans- mitted infections, and harms?

49. Screening for Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Pregnant Women: US Preventive Services Task Force Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    October 11, 2019 - are chronic infections from exposure occurring in infancy or childhood. … are chronic infections from expo- sure occurring in infancy or childhood. … progress to chronic disease in 80% to 90% of infected infants, 30% of acute infections progress before … age 6 years, and less than 1% to 12% of acute infections progress in older children or adults. … Estimated annual perinatal hepatitis B virus infections in the United States, 2000-2009.

50. Final Research Plan: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV): Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    February 22, 2024 - , quality of life, function, and reduced transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections … HIV regardless of CD4 count vs. treatment based on CD4 threshold on mortality, AIDS and opportunistic infections … , quality of life, function, and reduced transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections … clinics), other healthcare settings in which screening is commonly performed (e.g., sexually transmitted infection … ; quality of life; function; reduced transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections KQ

51. Evidence Summary: Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    September 27, 2022 - WhatsApp Share to Email Print Evidence Summary Syphilis Infection … 27% of total syphilis diagnoses in 2007 to 44% in 2014) in the proportion of early latent syphilis infections … decrease (from 24% of total diagnoses in 2007 to 19% in 2014) in the proportion of secondary syphilis infections … per MSM performed annually, were associated with a 17%-22% increase in the proportion of early latent infections … identified and a 5%-19% decrease in the proportion of secondary infections identified, during an 8-y

52. Recommendation: Syphilis Infection During Pregnancy: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    May 13, 2025 - HIV. 28 The USPSTF has also issued a recommendation on counseling to prevent sexually transmitted infections … Sexually transmitted infections surveillance 2023: congenital syphilis. Accessed March 17, 2025. … Social context, sexual networks, and racial disparities in rates of sexually transmitted infections. … Sexually transmitted infections treatment guidelines, 2021. MMWR Recomm Rep . 2021;70(4):1-187. … Behavioral counseling interventions to prevent sexually transmitted infections: US Preventive Services

53. Screening for Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Adolescents and Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    December 15, 2020 - South America, of- ten become infected at birth and account for up to 95% of newly re- ported chronic infections … of South America, often become infected at birth and account for up to 95% of newly reported chronic infections … in higher-prevalence clinical settings but missed about two-thirds of HBV infections in German primary … Prevalence of hepatitis B and hepatitis D virus infections in the United States, 2011-2016. … Behavioral counseling interventions to prevent sexually transmitted infections: U.S.

54. Recommendation: Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Adolescents and Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    December 15, 2020 - of South America, often become infected at birth and account for up to 95% of newly reported chronic infections … in higher-prevalence clinical settings but missed about two-thirds of HBV infections in German primary … also recommends screening persons with multiple sexual partners or a history of sexually transmitted infections … Prevalence of hepatitis B and hepatitis D virus infections in the United States, 2011-2016. … Behavioral counseling interventions to prevent sexually transmitted infections: U.S.

55. Archived: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-screening-1996
    January 01, 1996 - IDUs account for a large proportion of new HIV infections 21 and are a leading source of heterosexual … Rates are highest among IDUs in Northeastern cities (3-6 infections/100 patient-years [py]), 21 compared … Although there is only indirect evidence that screening reduces the incidence of new HIV infections, … A growing number of HIV infections occur in persons who are infected through heterosexual contact. … Guidelines for the management of early HIV infection and prevention of opportunistic infections have

56. Archived: Hepatitis B Virus Infection: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/hepatitis-b-virus-infection-screening-1996
    January 01, 1996 - In the population as a whole, 50-67% of acute HBV infections are asymptomatic, whereas over 90% of early … childhood infections are asymptomatic. 3 , 6 Individuals with asymptomatic infections are still at … during infancy, while estimated to represent only 1-3% of cases, account for 20-30% of chronic infections … basis of cost-effectiveness, and state that testing in groups with the highest risk of HBV infections … Prevention of perinatally transmitted hepatitis B virus infections with hepatitis B immune globulin and

57. Final Recommendation Statement: Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Adolescents and Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/hepatitis-b-virus-infection-screening
    December 15, 2020 - of South America, often become infected at birth and account for up to 95% of newly reported chronic infections … in higher-prevalence clinical settings but missed about two-thirds of HBV infections in German primary … also recommends screening persons with multiple sexual partners or a history of sexually transmitted infections … Prevalence of hepatitis B and hepatitis D virus infections in the United States, 2011-2016. … Behavioral counseling interventions to prevent sexually transmitted infections: U.S.

58. Screening for Hepatitis B Virus Infection - Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2004 - The prevalence of HBV infection is low; the majority of infected individuals do not develop chronic infection … Screening for Hepatitis B Virus Infection Recommendation Statement U.S. … Considerations • Routine hepatitis vaccination has had significant impact in reducing the number of new HBV infections … • Important predictors of progressive HBV infection include longer duration of infection and the presence … Screening for hepatitis B virus infection: a brief evidence update for the U.S.

59. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Chlamydial Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary14/chlamydial-infection-screening-2007
    June 15, 2007 - (CDC), and an estimated 2 million new cases go unreported each year. 1 , 2 Although 75% of genital infections … Sexually transmitted infections increase both the infectivity of persons with HIV infection and the susceptibility … Screening tests to detect Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections—2002. … The epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections in adolescents. … Prevalence of chlamydial and gonococcal infections among young adults in the United States.

60. Recommendation: Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adolescents and Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    March 02, 2020 - hepatitis B virus infection in adults, and HIV infection. … Of these persons who test positive for the anti-HCV antibody, approximately 2.4 million have current infections … is approximately 1.0% (2013 to 2016). 6 An estimated 44,700 new HCV infections occurred in the US in … Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection. Systematic Evidence Review No. 24. … Screening for hepatitis C virus infection in adults: U.S.