Reports and Statistics

STD Monthly Reports

Reports include monthly and cumulative (year-to-date) cases and rates for reportable STDs in San Diego County and an Editorial Note. 

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   2021

• Volume 13, Issue 12: FDA Approves Injectable Cabotegravir for HIV-1 Pre-exposure Prophylaxis
• Volume 13, Issue 11: Updated Disseminated Gonococcal Infection Treatment Recommendations 
• Volume 13, Issue 10: Management of Suspected Gonorrhea Treatment Failure
• Volume 13, Issue 9:  Re-launch of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Home Testing Program, I Know – www.DontThinkKnow.org  
• Volume 13, Issue 8: 2021 CDC STI Treatment Guidelines Highlights – Syphilis
• Volume 13, Issue 7: CDC Releases 2021 Sexually Transmitted Infections Treatment Recommendations
• Volume 13, Issue 6: Gonococcal Antimicrobial Susceptibility in San Diego County - 2019
• Volume 13, Issue 5: Recommendation for Extragenital Screening for Gonorrhea and Chlamydia
• Volume 13, Issue 4: Final Local and National 2019 STD Surveillance Data Show Historically High Cases
• Volume 13, Issue 3: STD Awareness Week – April 11-17, 2021
• Volume 13, Issue 2:  Human Papillomavirus – A Virus We Can All Beat
• Volume 13, Issue 1: Expanded Syphilis Screening Recommendations for Prevention of Congenital Syphilis

   2020

• Volume 12, Issue 12: CDC Updates Gonorrhea Treatment Guidelines
• Volume 12, Issue 11: Increasing Reports of Disseminated Gonococcal Infection in California
• Volume 12, Issue 10: Decreases in Rates of Reported STIs During COVID-19 Pandemic
• Volume 12, Issue 9: Shortage of STI Diagnostic Test Kits and Laboratory Supplies
  
• Volume 12, Issue 8: Preliminary 2019 STD Data Slides Now Available Online 
• Volume 12, Issue 7: Updates to Title 17, Sections 2500 and 2505 of the California Health and Safety Code
  • Updated Confidential Morbidity Report
  • Letter to healthcare providers from CA Department of Public Health
• Volume 12, Issue 6: CDC Report Highlights Missed Opportunities for Congenital Syphilis Prevention
• Volume 12, Issue 5:  Genital Chlamydia Trachomatis Infections in Women: Danger in Numbers 
• Volume 12, Issue 4: USPSTF Recommends Hepatitis C Virus Screening for All Persons Aged 18 to 79 Years
• Volume 12, Issue 3: STD Clinic Operations during the COVID-19 Emergency
• Volume 12, Issue 2: CDC Releases Recommendations for Provision of STD Clinical Services 
• Volume 12, Issue 1:  Clusters of Shigellosis Among Men Who Have Sex with Men and Multidrug Resistance 

   2019

• Volume 11, Issue 9: National Increase in Disseminated Gonococcal Infections 
  
• Volume 11, Issue 8: FDA Approves Second Medication for HIV PrEP (But Not for Everyone)
• Volume 11, Issue 7: 2018 STD Data Slides Now Available Online
• Volume 11, Issue 6: Changes in Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination Recommendations
• Volume 11, Issue 5: Express Visits Coming Soon to County STD Clinics
• Volume 11, Issue 4: Recent Updates in Gonorrhea Diagnostic Testing and Treatment 
• Volume 11, Issue 3: April is STD Awareness Month 
  
• Volume 11, Issue 2: Don’t Think, Know: Home Chlamydia/Gonorrhea Testing Program for Young Women 
  
• Volume 11, Issue 1: FDA Approves Diagnostic Test for Mycoplasma genitalium

For reports released prior to 2019, please visit the Reports and Statistics Archive.

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Requests for STD Data

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Last updated March 7, 2022.