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Chlamydia, HPV Rates Skyrocket in Young People.
MILWAUKEE -- The rates of Chlamydia trachomatis and human papillomavirus are skyrocketing among young people, in part because health care providers are missing opportunities for counseling them about their risk, said Dr. Judith Wasserheit of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
Both diseases afflict young people disproportionately, Dr. Wasserheit said at a conference on STD prevention sponsored by the CDC and the American Social Health Association.
Chlamydia is the most commonly reported infectious disease in the United States. A total of 660,000 new cases were reported in 1999, 40% of which occurred in people who were between the ages of 15 and 19 years, said Dr. Wasserheit, who directs the STD Prevention Program at the CDC.
According to a new CDC report entitled "Tracking the Hidden Epidemics: Trends in STDs in the United States, 2000," this figure is just the "tip of the iceberg." The actual number of new chlamydia cases annually is estimated at 3 million, according to the report.
The rate of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection among Americans is even greater. According to the report, an estimated 5.5 million people become infected with HPV each year in the United States, and an estimated ...
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