title: Sentinel surveillance of rectal chlamydia and gonorrhea among males--San Francisco, 2005-2008.
abstract: Rectal gonorrhea cases among males remained stable in San Francisco during 2005-2008, but rectal chlamydia increased 38 percent. While testing increased, rectal gonorrhea positivity declined at the STD clinic, and both infections remained stable elsewhere. Sentinel surveillance provides a better understanding of disease trends than case reporting alone.
authors.affiliation: San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. julia.marcus@sfdph.org
authors.forename: Julia L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Marcus
authors.forename: Kyle T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Bernstein
authors.forename: Sally C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Stephens
authors.forename: Ameera
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Snell
authors.forename: Robert P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Kohn
authors.forename: Sally
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liska
authors.forename: Jeffrey D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Klausner
mesh_terms: D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D021141:Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011349:Proctitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012495:San Francisco / Q000453:epidemiology; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance