- 21. Hepatitis C Test
- (STD Combo Pack)
- ... after their acute infection resolves. According to the CDC, an estimated 3.2 million people in the U.S. have a chronic HCV infection. Many of those who are infected have no symptoms and are not aware ...
- 22. Gonorrhoea culture and determination
- (STD Combo Pack)
- ... Gonorrhea is a very common infectious disease. CDC estimates that, annually, more than 700,000 people in the United States get new gonorrhea infections and less than half of these infections are reported ...
- 23. Hepatitis B Test
- (STD Combo Pack)
- ... acute hepatitis and the most widespread cause of chronic viral infections worldwide (although hepatitis C virus is a more common cause in most of North America and Europe). According to the CDC, there ...
- 24. Syphilis Test
- (STD Combo Pack)
- ... mother can also pass the disease to her fetus, with serious and potentially fatal consequences for the baby. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), over 40,000 cases of ...
- 25. Chlamydia trachomatis DNA Probe
- (STD Combo Pack)
- ... Chlamydia trachomatis by Amplified Detection; Chlamydia trachomatis by Direct Antigen Detection (DFA). The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that 5 percent of young sexually ...
- 26. Cardiac Diagnostic Center
- (Medical Center Services)
- What is the Cardiac Diagnostic Center? The Cardiac Diagnostic Center (CDC), in conjunction with the Chest Pain Center (CPC), is part of the comprehensive care we at the Shanghai Clinic have arranged ...
- 27. Has CDC discovered a mutated version of HIV that is transmitted through the air?
- (HIV Transmission)
- No, this story is not true. Many scientific studies have been conducted to examine all the possible ways that HIV is transmitted. These studies have not shown HIV to be transmitted through air, water, ...
- 28. Has HIV been transmitted from body fluids placed in restaurant food?
- (HIV Transmission)
- No incident of food being contaminated with HIV-infected blood or semen has been reported to CDC. Furthermore, CDC has received no reports of HIV infection resulting from eating food, including condiments. ...
- 29. Can I get HIV from mosquitoes?
- (HIV Transmission)
- No. From the start of the HIV epidemic there has been concern about HIV transmission from biting and bloodsucking insects, such as mosquitoes. However, studies conducted by the CDC and elsewhere have ...
- 30. Can HIV be transmitted by human bite?
- (HIV Transmission)
- It is very rare, but in specific circumstances HIV can be transmitted by a human bite. In 1997, CDC published findings from a state health department investigation of an incident that suggested blood-to-blood ...
- 31. Can I get HIV from getting a tattoo or through body piercing?
- (HIV Transmission)
- A risk of HIV transmission does exist if instruments contaminated with blood are either not sterilized or disinfected or are used inappropriately between clients. CDC recommends that single-use instruments intended ...
- 32. Have people been infected with HIV from being stuck by needles in non-health care settings?
- (HIV Transmission)
- No. While it is possible to get infected with HIV if you are stuck with a needle that is contaminated with HIV, there are no documented cases of transmission outside of a health-care setting. CDC has ...
- 33. Are patients in a health care setting at risk of getting HIV?
- (HIV Transmission)
- ... medical and dental offices and hospitals. In 1990, the CDC reported on an HIV-infected dentist in Florida who apparently infected some of his patients while doing dental work. Studies of viral DNA sequences ...
- 34. Are health care workers at risk of getting HIV on the job?
- (HIV Transmission)
- ... visit the health care worker section of the CDC National Prevention Information Network (NPIN) Web site ...
- 35. How well does HIV survive outside the body?
- (HIV Transmission)
- ... Although these unnatural concentrations of HIV can be kept alive for days or even weeks under precisely controlled and limited laboratory conditions, CDC studies have shown that drying of even these high ...
- 36. Trichomoniasis
- (Shanghai STDs Testing Center)
- ... Where can I get more information? Division of STD Prevention (DSTDP) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention www.cdc.gov/std ...
- 37. Syphilis
- (Shanghai STDs Testing Center)
- ... Prevention www.cdc.gov/std ...
- 38. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
- (Shanghai STDs Testing Center)
- ... and is known to be uninfected. Latex male condoms, when used consistently and correctly, can reduce the risk of transmission of chlamydia and gonorrhea. CDC recommends yearly chlamydia testing of all ...
- 39. Genital HPV Infection
- (Shanghai STDs Testing Center)
- ... a period of years. Where can I get more information? Division of STD Prevention (DSTDP) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention www.cdc.gov/std ...
- 40. Genital Herpes
- (Shanghai STDs Testing Center)
- ... HSV-2 blood test most likely indicates a genital herpes infection. Where can I get more information? Division of STD Prevention (DSTDP) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention www.cdc.gov/std ...
