Who is affected by gonorrhea?
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Who is affected by gonorrhea?
Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease (STD). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that about 600,000 people get gonorrhea each year.1
Approximately 75% of all cases of gonorrhea reported by health professionals to the CDC are in people 15 to 29 years old. Teenage girls ages 15 to 19 and men ages 20 to 24 have the highest rates of infection.2
References
Citations
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2006). Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2006. MMWR, 55(RR–11): 42–49.
Marrazzo JM (2003). Infections due to neisseria. In DC Dale, DD Federman, eds., Scientific American Medicine, section 7, chap. 3. New York: WebMD.
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| Author | Kathe Gallagher, MSW |
| Editor | Kathleen M. Ariss, MS |
| Associate Editor | Pat Truman |
| Primary Medical Reviewer | Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine |
| Primary Medical Reviewer | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine |
| Specialist Medical Reviewer | Deborah A. Penava, BA, MD, FRCSC, MPH - Obstetrics and Gynecology |
| Last Updated | May 9, 2007 |
| Last updated: | May 09, 2007 |
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| Author: | Kathe Gallagher, MSW |
| Reviewed By: | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine, Deborah A. Penava, BA, MD, FRCSC, MPH - Obstetrics and Gynecology |
| Editors: | Kathleen M. Ariss, MS, Pat Truman |
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