Clinical Review: Issues in Communicable Diseases

Drs. Patricia J. Sulak and Katherine K. Hsu 

Identify the most common STDs by incidence, prevalence, most reportable, and age group; Counsel patients about the modes of transmission of STDs; Discuss the asymptomatic carrier state associated with STDs; List the 3 vaccines that make up the adolescent vaccine platform; and Implement an appropriate vaccination program for an adolescent patient.