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Bridget M. Kuehn

JAMA. 2009;301(8):817.

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Rates of chlamydia and syphilis infection continue to rise among US individuals, according to an annual report from the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats07/).

In 2007, 1.1 million diagnoses of chlamydia were reported to the CDC, a 7.5% increase since 2006, when 1.0 million cases were reported. The agency notes, however, that half of all cases go undiagnosed, and estimates that there were actually 2.8 million new cases of chlamydia in 2007.

The number of reported syphilis infections grew by 15% in 2007 to 11 466, continuing a 7-year trend. Most of the reported cases occurred in men who have sex with men; however, rates among women and infants have also risen. In 2007, there were 1692 syphilis cases reported among US women, up from 1458 in 2006, and cases of congenital syphilis rose from 382 to 430 during the same period. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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