Katherine M. Stone

TL;DR: Clinical and laboratory studies indicate that the use of condoms, diaphragms, and spermicides reduces the risk of acquiring certain infections, and persons at risk for STDs should be encouraged to modify their sexual behavior and use barrier methods and sPermicides to protect themselves against sexually transmitted infections.

TL;DR: Consistent condom use was strongly associated with lower HPV prevalence in men, and was stronger among men with >1 partner than amongMen with only 1 partner.

TL;DR: Sexually transmitted diseases and sexual behavior as risk factors for cervical cancer in Costa Rica showed that lifetime number of sex partners, first intercourse before age 15 years, number of livebirths, herpes simplex virus type 2 sero-positivity, and serologic evidence of previous chlamydial infection were predictors of carcinoma in situ.

TL;DR: None of the variables tested for, including race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and urban or rural residence, were significantly associated with HPV-16 seropositivity, and further study is required to explain this population of children.

TL;DR: Data from STD clinics and private physicians' offices reveal that genital warts, one manifestation of genital HPV infection, have been diagnosed more frequently in recent years.