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Book review
Sexually Transmitted Infections: The Facts (3rd edition)
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Edited by David Barlow (with Dr Julie Fox, for chapter on ‘HIV and AIDS—the clinical picture’). Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2011, pp 152, £12.99 (http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199595655.do) (softback). ISBN 978-0-19-959565-5
- Education
- genito-urinary medicine
- genito-urinary medicine services
- sexual health
- adolescent
- surveillance
- sexual networks
- sexual health
- public health
- partner notification
- health service research
- chlamydia
- epidemiology
This little book provides detailed information on sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and related conditions, but does not stop there. It begins by explaining what patients can expect when they go for STI testing, what a genitourinary medicine clinic is and why they might choose to attend one. A chapter entitled ‘Understanding your results’ explains complex concepts, including false positives and negatives and the implications of test sensitivity and specificity. It also covers issues in the interpretation of surveillance data (such as …
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