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Background The cure rate of Hepatitis C (HCV) treatment with newer direct-acting antiviral (DAA) agents is very high (>95%). These treatments are also well-tolerated, bringing significant optimism to expanding treatment options to...

Article reviewed Kampman CJG, Koedijk FDH, Driessen-Hulshof HCM, et al. Retesting young STI clinic visitors with urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis infection in the Netherlands; response to a text message reminder and reinfection rates: a...

Introduction n BC, at least 50,000 people are currently living with active hepatitis C (HCV) infection.[1,2] Left untreated, individuals with HCV have 5 times higher risk of dying from any cause and 20 times higher risk of dying from liver...

The rate of infectious syphilis in BC increased significantly from 11.9 per 100,000 in 2014, to 16.2 per 100,000 in 2015. Like many jurisdictions, BC has observed an increase in infectious syphilis rates since 2010. However, this recent...

Background Rates of syphilis have increased dramatically over the last decade, both in British Columbia and internationally. In BC, the increase in 2015 was much higher than in previous years: 761 new infectious syphilis cases were...

Article reviewed Patti E. Gravitt. The Known Unknowns of HPV.  J Clin Invest. 2011;121(12):4593-4599. doi:10.1172/JCI57149. Purpose of the study The discovery that certain high-risk strains of human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) cause nearly 100...

This week, the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) officially launched the new syphilis awareness campaign, Make Syphistory. Background Between 2010 and 2015, the rate of infectious syphilis in BC quadrupled. In 2015, there were 762...

I have a question about Chlamydia. Me and my parent both had Chlamydia and got treated with azithromycin. We both took the meds on Feb 24 in the morning and then had sex on march 3 at night, was this too soon to have sex? is it possible...
is it true that if you get chlamydia, you can cure it in the vaginal area but it still remains in the gut and can reinfect you? is there no way to get it out of the body completely?
My partner and i both realized that i was having weird stuff going on down there, and we confirmed that as i was positive for chlamydia. i took the pills , but after 6 days i had protected sex and then unprotected sex and then he took the...
Hi, I am a 30yr old gay man and I recently got diagnosed with rectal chlamydia. I was given 1500mg of azithromycin which I took in a single dose and my Boyfriend was also given the same dose and we both took it together. We engaged in...
can i get treatment for syphilis anonymously and not disclose to my partners ?
Hello! I have a couple questions about HSV. My girlfriend and I both have HSV-1. I have oral HSV-1 and she has genital HSV-1. Is it possible that I could get genital HSV-1 by having sex with my girlfriend? I've tried researching this topic...
I am a 62 yr old male who in the past 3 months has had what I thought were chapped lips. This would come and go, however the past 3 weeks more symptoms including more chapping and itching appeared. I visited my family doctor who told me I...