HIV, STD and Hepatitis Branch
Reports and Statistics Archive
This page has links to reports and
statistics released prior to 2021 related to HIV/AIDS and Sexually
Transmitted Diseases (STDs) in San Diego County, including
publications by the HIV, STD and Hepatitis Branch (HSHB).
For more HIV/AIDS-related reports and data please visit the County of San Diego HIV/AIDS Epidemiology Unit's page.
STD Monthly Reports for San Diego County
Reports include monthly and cumulative (year-to-date) cases and rates for reportable STDs in San Diego County and an Editorial Note.
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
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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
- 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
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Volume 11, Issue 3: April is STD Awareness
Month
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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
2018
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Volume
10, Issue 10: New Antibiotic Shows Promise in Treatment of
Uncomplicated Urogenital Gonorrhea
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Volume
10, Issue 9: FDA Approves Expanded Age Range for 9-Valent HPV
Vaccine (Gardasil-9)
- Volume 10, Issue 8: CDC Releases 2017 STD Surveillance Report, Highlights Congenital Syphilis Increases
- Volume 10, Issue 7: STD Trends in San Diego County: 2017 STD Surveillance Data Highlights
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Volume
10, Issue 6: Call to Action: Capturing Gender Identity in HIV
and STD Case Reports
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Volume
10, Issue 5: FDA Approves Truvada for Pre-Exposure
Prophylaxis in Adolescents
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Volume
10, Issue 4: Case of Multi-Drug Resistant Neisseria
gonorrhoeae Infection Reported in United
Kingdom
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Volume
10, Issue 3: “Treat Me Right:” Preparing for STD Awareness
Month
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Volume
10, Issue 2: Public Health Outreach to HIV-Negative Men with
Rectal Gonorrhea
- Volume 10, Issue 1: CDC Launches New STD Curriculum Website
2017
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Volume
9, Issue 9: Neisseria meningitidis Urethritis: An Emerging
Sexually Transmitted Infection?
- Volume 9, Issue 8: Hepatitis A Virus Infections in Men Who Have Sex with Men
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Volume
9, Issue 7: HIV in Older Persons: A Missed Opportunity for
HIV Testing?
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Volume
9, Issue 6: STD Trends in San Diego County: 2016 Data
Summary
- Volume 9, Issue 5: New Resources for Antibiotic-Resistant Gonorrhea
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Volume
9, Issue 4: Hepatitis A Virus Outbreak in San Diego
County
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Volume
9, Issue 3: April is STD Awareness Month!
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Volume
9, Issue 2: Urgent Health Alert: Limited Availability of
Long-Acting Benzathine Penicillin G (Bicillin®
L-A)
- Volume 9, Issue 1: Lymphogranuloma Venereum
2016
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Volume 8, Issue
12: County of San Diego STD Clinic HIV
Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Program
- Volume 8, Issue 11: STDs on the Rise Nationwide in 2015
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Volume
8, Issue 10: Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus
- Volume 8, Issue 9: Cluster of Shigella flexneri Infections Among Men in Southern California
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Volume
8, Issue 8: Gonococcal Antimicrobial Susceptibility
Trends
- Volume 8, Issue 7: STD Trends in San Diego County: 2015 Data Summary
- Volume 8, Issue 6: Changes in Pelvic inflammatory Disease Reporting Requirements
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Volume
8, Issue 5: Limited Availability of Long-Acting
Bicillin
- Volume 8, Issue 4: HIV Testing in Hospital Emergency Departments
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Volume
8, Issue 3: Immediate Antiretroviral Therapy
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Volume
8, Issue 2: HPV Vaccination
- Volume 8, Issue 1: CalREDIE Provider Portal: An Electronic Option for STD ReportingCalREDIE Provider Portal: An Electronic Option for STD Reporting
2015
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Volume
7, Issue 8: Unmet Need for Dental Care in People Living with
HIV and AIDS
- Volume 7, Issue 7: Patient-Delivered Partner Therapy
- Volume 7, Issue 6: Congenital Syphilis in California
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Volume
7, Issue 5: Expansion of County STD/HIV Disease Intervention
Services
- Volume 7, Issue 4: STD Trends in San Diego: 2014 Data Summary
- Volume 7, Issue 3: Updated CDC STD Treatment Guidelines
- Volume 7, Issue 2: Missed Opportunities for HIV Testing in San Diego County
- Volume 7, Issue 1: Ocular Syphilis
2014
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Volume
6, Issue 6: Upcoming STD Update for Clinicians
Course
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Volume
6, Issue 5: HIV Disclosure-The Importance of the
Clinician
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Volume
6, Issue 4: Don’t Think, Know: Home Testing Program
Update
- Volume 6, Issue 3: April is STD Awareness Month
- Volume 6, Issue 2: CDC Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance Report 2012
- Volume 6, Issue 1: The San Diego HIV Cascade of Care
2013
- December 2013: Revised STD Case Definitions
- November 2013: Minor Consent for STD-Related Medical Services
- October 2013: HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
- September 2013: Update: STD Trends in San Diego: 2012 Data Summary
- August 2013: Update: Hepatitis C - Know More Hepatitis
- July 2013: Update: Hepatitis B - Know Hepatitis B
- June 2013: Update: Hepatitis A
- May 2013: New Instructional Poster: How to Report STDs with the CMR
- April 2013: New Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Home Testing Program for Young Women in San Diego County
- March 2013: Appropriate Screening and Presumptive Treatment for Individuals Exposed to Syphilis
- February 2013: The San Diego County HIV Prevention Community Planning Group and HIV Health Services Planning Council
- January 2013: The California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center
2012
- December 2012: Integration of the County Health Services Complex STD and HIV Testing Clinics
- November 2012: Estimate of HIV-Positive San Diegans Who Are Unaware of Their Status
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October
2012: Engagement in Care and the Estimate of Unmet Need of
HIV+ Individuals in San Diego County
- September 2012: STD Trends in San Diego: 2011 Data Summary
- August 2012: Gonorrhea on the Rise in San Diego County
- July 2012: HIV Partner Services
- June 2012: Updated California Gonorrhea Treatment Guidelines
- May 2012: Addressing Safety Concerns Over the Use of Azithromycin for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea
- April 2012: We All Test: Promoting Routine STD Screening for Gay Men in San Diego
- March 2012: HPV Vaccine: Updated Recommendations and New Research Findings
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February
2012: Noncongenital Syphilis Staging
- January 2012: Lymphogranuloma Venereum (LGV)
2011
- December 2011: Three-Site Testing for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea in Men Who Have Sex with Men
- November 2011: The Medical Monitoring Project (MMP)
- October 2011: Strategies to Combat Chlamydia in San Diego County Youth
- September 2011: STAT Testing for Syphilis Available at County of San Diego STD Clinic, Rosecrans
- August 2011: The Role of the Health Care Provider in HIV Incidence Surveillance
- July 2011: Common Problems in the Reporting of STDs in San Diego County
- June 2011: Growing Threat of Multidrug Resistant Neisseria Gonorrhoeae
- May 2011: The Jarisch-Herxheimer Reaction during Syphilis Treatment
- April 2011: “We All Test”: Syphilis Testing Reminders for Gay Men
- March 2011: Caring for Adult and Adolescent Survivors of Sexual Assault
- February 2011: New Confidential Morbidity Report (CMR) Form
- January 2011: New CDC STD Treatment Guidelines, 2010
2010
- December 2010: Trends in Major Reportable STDs in San Diego County, 2009
- November 2010: County of San Diego HIV Partner Services
- October 2010: Clinical Services Provided by County of San Diego STD Clinics
- September 2010: Expedited Partner Therapy for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea
- August 2010: Availability of Generic Valacyclovir for Genital Herpes Infections
- July 2010: HPV Vaccination — Recommendations and Availability
- June 2010: Managing Patients Diagnosed with Chlamydia or Gonorrhea
- May 2010: Recent CDC Data on STDs and HIV in MSM
- April 2010: HIV Incidence Surveillance (HIS) and the Health Care Provider
- March 2010: “We All Test” — A New Syphilis Testing Campaign Targeting Gay Men
- February 2010: Chlamydia Screening in Juvenile Justice Facilities in San Diego County
- January 2010: Syphilis Education Posters for Medical and Dental Providers
2009
- December 2009: EXPRESS Visits at the County of San Diego’s Rosecrans STD Clinic
- November 2009: STD/HIV Prevention in the Field
- October 2009: The STD Community Intervention Program (SCIP)
- September 2009: Caution: Syphilis Treatment with Inappropriate Forms of Penicillin
STD Quarterly Reports for San Diego County
- Issue No. 6, 2009 - Quarterly Data April 1, 2009-June 30, 2009
- Issue No. 5, 2009 - Sexually Transmitted Diseases 2008 Annual Report
- Issue No. 4, 2009 - The Spectrum of Human Papillomavirus
- Issue No. 3, 2008 - Working with Communicable Disease Investigators
- Issue No. 2, 2008 - Focus on Gonorrhea
- Issue No. 1, 2008 - STDs in San Diego County, 2007
STD Articles in San Diego Physician Magazine
Physicians' Bulletins
- Physicians' Bulletin: March 2011-Partner Services and HIV Incidence Surveillance.
- Physicians' Bulletin: STD Update for 2006
- Physicians' Bulletin: STD Update for 2005
- Physicians' Bulletin: STD Update for 2004
- Physicians' Bulletin: STD Update for 2003
STD and Viral Hepatitis Fact Sheets for San Diego County
- 2008 STD Fact Sheet
- 2007 STD Fact Sheet
- 2006 STD Fact Sheet
- 2005 STD Fact Sheet
- 2004 STD Fact Sheet
- 2003 STD Fact Sheet
- 2002 STD Fact Sheet
- 2004 Viral Hepatitis Fact Sheet
- 2003 Viral Hepatitis Fact Sheet
- 2002 Viral Hepatitis Fact Sheet
STDHEP Email News Bulletins
STDHEP emails are bulletins are intended for medical professionals and are sent out several times a year. To join the STDHEP listserv, please send an email to std@sdcounty.ca.gov with "Join" in the subject line and include your name, organization and phone number.
- September 2006: Gonorrhea and HPV Update
- March 2006: Shigellosis Among Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM)
- July 2005: Information Regarding Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
- June 2005: Information Regarding Availability of Benzathine Penicillin
- January 2005: Lymphogranuloma Venereum (LGV) Update; Meningococcal C Infection Among MSM - British Columbia
- December 2004: New Syphilis Clusters; Syphilis Among Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM) Continues; Syphilis Raises HIV Viral Load
- October 2004: Lymphogranuloma Venereum Among Men Who Have Sex With Men - The Netherlands, 2003-2004
- May 2004: Resistant Gonorrhea Continues to Spread in the United States
- April 2004: Inappropriate Use of Bicillin C-R for Treatment of Syphilis
- May 2003: Syphilis Outbreak Continues
- January 2003: Syphilis Outbreak Among MSM Approaching Epidemic Proportions
- September 2002: Syphilis Alert
- July 2002: Revised Gonorrhea Treatment Recommendations: Avoid Fluoroquinolones for All Patients with Gonorrhea
- April 2002: Gonorrhea Fluoroquinolone Resistance
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Last updated February 22, 2019.
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