Generating “STD‑Only” Synthetic Data — Best Practice?

[Aryansoxyboiiii]

Hi Synthea team,

I’m using Synthea in a university project to build a probabilistic AI that predicts sexually‑transmitted infections (STIs). To keep the dataset focused (and small), I’d like to generate only the records relevant to STDs and strip everything else (claims, payers, unrelated chronic‑disease modules, etc.).

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What I’m hoping to do

1. Generate patients who either

   • have one of these STDs – HIV, chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, HPV, genital herpes, or
   • have no STD at all (clean control).

2. Export only diagnostic/clinical data

   • patients.csv, conditions.csv, observations.csv, encounters.csv, procedures.csv, medications.csv
   • No payers, claims, expenses, FHIR bundles, CCDA, or hospitalisation files.

3. Avoid manual surgery on the modules folder if there’s a built‑in whitelist feature.

Any guidance (or “don’t do that, do this instead!”) would be hugely appreciated.
Thanks for maintaining such a fantastic open‑source project!

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Best regards,
Aryan
1st‑year student — IIoT & AI Enthusiast