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Partner Notification

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Partner Notification
Any formal and systematic means of informing the sexual partner(s) of a person with an STD (sexually-transmitted disease) that the person being tested is infected by an organism—e.g., HIV, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Treponema pallidum—of interest to public health officials
partner notification
Public health Any formal and systematic means of informing the sexual partner(s) of a person with an STD, that the person being tested is infected with an organism–eg, HIV, N gonorrhoeae, T pallidum–of interest to public health officials. See Negotiated safety.
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