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Who should be tested for STDs ? |
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Written by Sexual Health Shanghai
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Note: Your doctor may recommend additional STD tests based on your sexual history, signs, symptoms, etc.
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Population
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Recommendations
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Sexually active women <= 25 years
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- Chlamydia testing every year
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Sexually active men or women, who are not in a long term, mutually monogamous relationship
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- Hepatitis B vaccination
- Annual HIV testing
- Chlamydia, as recommended by your health care provider
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All men who have sex with men (MSM)
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- Hepatitis A vaccination
- Hepatitis B vaccination
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Sexually active men who have sex with men (MSM), who are not in a long term, mutually monogamous relationship
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- Hepatitis A vaccination
- Hepatitis B vaccination
At least once every year:
- HIV
- Syphilis
- Chlamydia
- Gonorrhea
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Pregnant women
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- Chlamydia, at first prenatal visit
- Syphilis, at first prenatal visit
- HIV, as early as possible in the pregnancy
- Hepatitis B, during an early prenatal visit
- Hepatitis C, as recommended by your health care provider
- Gonorrhea, as recommended by your health care provider
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Any person seeking STD evaluation or treatments
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- Testing for HIV
- Hepatitis B vaccination
- Testing for Syphilis, Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, as recommended by your health care provider
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