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One way to help stop the spread of STDs is by informing those who have had sexual contact with someone testing positive for an STD. This is called ?contact tracing? or ?partner notification?. In BC, syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia are reportable diseases. When there is a positive lab test for any of these diseases, sexual contacts must be notified in order to help stop the spread of infections. A medical professional diagnosing one of these infections, is required by law to report this infection to the medical health officer in the province. Either they will follow up with partners or ask a public health nurse to follow-up. For other STDs, it is your responsibility to tell all of your sexual partners. If a disease is found in someone who has a regular partner, both partners must take their antibiotics for infections at the same time or stop all sexual contact until both partners have completed treatment. If a partner is left untreated, you can get the same infection again within a week. The antibiotics you have taken don?t give you immunity from the infection. When people are notified that they have been a contact to a sexually transmitted disease, they need to seek testing and treatment right away.
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