Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention–Funded Sexually Transmitted Disease Programs

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• Alternative Title:
  Sex Transm Dis
• Personal Author:
  Wright, Shauntā S. ; Kreisel, Kristen M. ; Hitt, Jeffrey C. ; Pagaoa, Melissa A. ; Weinstock, Hillard S. ; Thorpe, Phoebe G.
• Description:
  The COVID-19 pandemic impacted sexually transmitted disease (STD) services. Of 59 US-funded STD programs, 91% reported a great deal to moderate impact from staff reassignment in April 2020, with 28% of respondents reporting permanent reassignment of disease intervention specialist staff. Telemedicine was implemented in 47%. Decreases in STD case reports were reported by most jurisdictions.
• Subjects:
  Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, U.S. COVID-19 Humans Pandemics Sexually Transmitted Diseases Telemedicine United States
• Source:
  Sex Transm Dis. 49(4):e61-e63
• Pubmed ID:
  34654769
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9214625
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  49
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6c026f525a0d97cb6338650fb360f7358f52b4d00cea94ffe44d19314f5bf598643c6588bfad42897cdd0771f7f4169a2c12a44b9beb3823a7a97597ae396283
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/119296/cdc_119296_DS1.pdf
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