Sexually Transmitted Diseases
"Sexually Transmitted Diseases" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Diseases due to or propagated by sexual contact.
| Descriptor ID |
D012749
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.539.778 C02.800 C12.294.668 C13.351.500.711
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| Concept/Terms |
Sexually Transmitted Diseases- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Disease, Sexually Transmitted
- Diseases, Sexually Transmitted
- Sexually Transmitted Disease
- STIs
- STI
- Venereal Diseases
- Disease, Venereal
- Diseases, Venereal
- Venereal Disease
- Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Infection, Sexually Transmitted
- Infections, Sexually Transmitted
- Sexually Transmitted Infection
- Transmitted Infection, Sexually
- Transmitted Infections, Sexually
- STDs
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Sexually Transmitted Diseases".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Sexually Transmitted Diseases".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Sexually Transmitted Diseases" by people in this website by year, and whether "Sexually Transmitted Diseases" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1997 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 1998 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 1999 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 2000 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 2001 | 12 | 9 | 21 |
| 2002 | 20 | 8 | 28 |
| 2003 | 16 | 7 | 23 |
| 2004 | 15 | 8 | 23 |
| 2005 | 20 | 7 | 27 |
| 2006 | 33 | 11 | 44 |
| 2007 | 26 | 17 | 43 |
| 2008 | 35 | 17 | 52 |
| 2009 | 24 | 15 | 39 |
| 2010 | 30 | 14 | 44 |
| 2011 | 25 | 19 | 44 |
| 2012 | 30 | 10 | 40 |
| 2013 | 21 | 19 | 40 |
| 2014 | 22 | 15 | 37 |
| 2015 | 29 | 13 | 42 |
| 2016 | 32 | 12 | 44 |
| 2017 | 20 | 14 | 34 |
| 2018 | 35 | 13 | 48 |
| 2019 | 34 | 17 | 51 |
| 2020 | 39 | 10 | 49 |
| 2021 | 47 | 2 | 49 |
| 2022 | 51 | 2 | 53 |
| 2023 | 27 | 2 | 29 |
| 2024 | 23 | 5 | 28 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Sexually Transmitted Diseases" by people in Profiles.
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Association between sex work occupational stigma and inconsistent condom use: findings from a community-based cohort of women sex workers in Vancouver, Canada (2014-2022). J Epidemiol Community Health. 2024 Dec 10; 79(1):36-41.
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Impact of doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis for sexually transmitted infections on the gut microbiome and antimicrobial resistome. Nat Med. 2025 Jan; 31(1):207-217.
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Peer-Delivered HIV Self-Testing, Sexually Transmitted Infection Self-Sampling, and Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for Transgender Women in Uganda: A Randomized Trial. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2024 Oct 01; 97(2):125-132.
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Facilitators and Barriers of Implementing Expanded Sexually Transmitted Infection Screening in California Family Planning Clinics. Sex Transm Dis. 2025 Jan 01; 52(1):9-13.
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Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention, Community Engagement, and Innovation. Sex Transm Dis. 2024 Sep 01; 51(9):585-586.
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Access Barriers in Testing for Sexually Transmitted Infections across Gender and Sexual Identities. Clin Lab Med. 2024 Dec; 44(4):647-663.
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Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Opt-Out Screening of Justice-Involved Women During Intake at the Los Angeles County Jail: The Pivotal Role of Correctional Health Systems. Sex Transm Dis. 2025 Jan 01; 52(1):19-28.
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Healthcare use and sexually transmitted infections treatment-seeking: a mixed methods cross-sectional survey among hard-to-reach fishing communities of Lake Victoria, Uganda. Pan Afr Med J. 2024; 48:134.
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WHO global research priorities for sexually transmitted infections. Lancet Glob Health. 2024 Sep; 12(9):e1544-e1551.
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High STI burden among a cohort of adolescents aged 12-19 years in a youth-friendly clinic in South Africa. PLoS One. 2024; 19(7):e0306771.