Campus STD Breakout
San Jose State students may be unaware that they have been infected with a sexually transmitted disease (STD).
Chlamydia is a bacterial parasite that usually produces no symptoms, making it almost impossible to find without being checked. The disease can lead to sterilization in women if left untreated.
Other STDs such as herpes, body lice, and venereal diseases have been found on campus.
SJSU’s rate of new STD cases is increasing. In the four years previous to 2009, there were only 20 reported STD cases on campus. This semester has already filed 50 cases, that could become 100 by the end of the school year.
Ellen Jones, the health service doctor says, “There are some students on this campus who didn’t even know the name of their sexual partners.”
This STD outbreak has the college launching an aggressive information program about STDs and how to prevent their spread.
Jones says that the school is expanding its hours for STD testing from 9 a.m. to 5 a.m., Monday through Friday. The tests are free and the results are confidential.
The program also includes lectures in dorms by health service personnel, an hour-long movie for professors to show in class.
According to the report, City College has recorded 100 cases on campus this year.
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