More than 2 million people in the U.S. are infected with chlamydia and 250,000 have gonorrhea, according to a government prevalence estimate for the two sexually transmitted diseases.
Rates of both STDs were disproportionately high among adolescents and African-Americans and among people who had been previously infected with chlamydia or gonorrhea.
The findings present the most comprehensive snapshot of chlamydia and gonorrhea infection in the U.S. ever reported, CDC medical epidemiologist S. Deblina Datta, MD, tells WebMD.
CDC researchers studied 6,632 people between the ages of 14 and 39 participating in a national health survey from 1999-2002. All the participants provided urine samples, which were tested for the presence of chlamydia and gonorrhea bacteria.
“We confirmed that both chlamydia and gonorrhea still pose significant health risks in the United States,” Datta says.
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More than 2 million people in the U.S. are infected with chlamydia and 250,000 have gonorrhea, according to a government prevalence estimate for the two sexually transmitted diseases.
Rates of both STDs were disproportionately high among adolescents and African-Americans and among people who had been previously infected with chlamydia or gonorrhea.
The findings present the most comprehensive snapshot of chlamydia and gonorrhea infection in the U.S. ever reported, CDC medical epidemiologist S. Deblina Datta, MD, tells WebMD.
CDC researchers studied 6,632 people between the ages of 14 and 39 participating in a national health survey from 1999-2002. All the participants provided urine samples, which were tested for the presence of chlamydia and gonorrhea bacteria.
“We confirmed that both chlamydia and gonorrhea still pose significant health risks in the United States,” Datta says.
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