Useful contacts
American Social Health Association
American Social Health Association provides information about sexually transmitted infections. Its website is very informative, and has detailed Q&A sections on each of the main infections, and a section on how to discuss infection with your partner (look in the section How to use a condom, and click on Condom negotiation). It has a National Herpes Hotline for the USA. Tel (USA): 919 361 8400. It has a hotline for questions about genital infections: (USA) 1-800-227-8922 Or write to: PO Box 13827, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA.
http://www.ashastd.org/learn/learn_overview.cfm
Canesten websites
The Canesten websites are sponsored by the pharmaceutical company Bayer. Bayer makes Canesten thrush treatment, so the sites promote this treatment. They also have information about symptoms.
www.canesten.co.uk and www.canesten.com
Clinical Knowledge Summaries
Clinical Knowledge Summaries is a UK National Health Service website that provides information about genital infections and sexual health matters in its patient information leaflets.
www.cks.nhs.uk
Leeds University website
Leeds University website has pictures of the Candida yeast.
www.bmb.leeds.ac.uk/mbiology/ug/ugteach/icu8/std/candidosis.html
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