FullyIntegratede-ServicesforPrevention,Diagnosis,and TreatmentofSexuallyTransmittedInfections:Resultsof a4-CountyStudyinCalifornia

Freya Spielberg, MD, MPH, Vivian Levy, MD, Shelly Lensing, MS, Ishita Chattopadhyay, MPH, Lalitha Venkatasubramanian, BS, Nincoshka Acevedo, BS,Peter Wolff, MHA, Debra Callabresi, MFA, Susan Philip, MD, MPH, Teresa P. Lopez, BA, Nancy Padian, PhD, MPH, Diane R. Blake, MD, andCharlotte A. Gaydos, DrPHTheCentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention(CDC) has reported more than 20 million newsexually transmitted infections (STIs) in theUnited States each year, costing the US healthcare system nearly $16 billion in direct medicalcosts.

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