PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - W Cates, Jr
AU  - W C Parra
AU  - S T Brown
TI  - Control of sexually transmitted diseases: view from the United States of America.
AID  - 10.1136/sti.60.5.323
DP  - 1984 Oct 01
TA  - The British Journal of Venereal Diseases
PG  - 323--330
VI  - 60
IP  - 5
4099  - http://sti.bmj.com/content/60/5/323.short
4100  - http://sti.bmj.com/content/60/5/323.full
SO  - Br J Vener Dis1984 Oct 01; 60
AB  - Past sexually transmitted disease (STD) control efforts in the United States of America have generally permitted a timely response to changes in intervention technology, antibiotic resistance, public funding, and media interest. Today, however, the expansion of STD organisms and syndromes at logarithmic rates has taxed our traditional labour intensive control approaches. We describe briefly the history of STD control strategies in the United States, discuss the seven components upon which current efforts are based, and speculate about our future programme initiatives.