Resources

California STD Initiatives. Patient-Delivered therapy for Chlamydia Trachomatis, Guidance for Medical Providers in California. This document is intended to provide guidance for clinical practice in the implementation of the new California legislation, SB 648 (Ortiz, Chapter 835), allowing medical providers to prescribe or dispense antibiotic therapy for the sex partners of patients infected with genital chlamydia infection.

California Department of Public Health. Sexually Transmitted Disease Control Branch – provides California state summaries, reports, data tables, treatment guidelines, DCDC Annual report, and resources. http://www.dhs.ca.gov/ps/dcdc/STD/stdindex.htm

Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Health Topics A to Z – provides a listing of disease and health topics on the CDC website. Also available in Spanish.
http://www.cdc.gov/health/default.htm