RT Book, Section
A1 Marrazzo, Jeanne M.
A1 Holmes, King K.
A2 Kasper, Dennis L.
A2 Fauci, Anthony S.
SR Print(0)
ID 1141406714
T1 SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS: OVERVIEW AND CLINICAL APPROACH
T2 Harrison's Infectious Diseases, 3e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259835971
LK accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1141406714
RD 2024/04/25
AB Worldwide,  most  adults  acquire  at  least  one  sexually  transmitted  infection  (STI),  and  many  remain  at  risk  for  complications.  Each  year,  for  example,  an  estimated  14  million  persons  in  the  United  States  acquire  a  new  genital  human  papillomavirus  (HPV)  infection,  and  many  of  these  individuals  are  at  risk  for  genital  neoplasias.  Certain  STIs,  such  as  syphilis,  gonorrhea,  HIV  infection,  hepatitis  B,  and  chancroid,  are  most  concentrated  within  “core  populations”  characterized  by  high  rates  of  partner  change,  multiple  concurrent  partners,  or  “dense,”  highly  connected  sexual  networks—e.g.,  involving  sex  workers  and  their  clients,  some  men  who  have  sex  with  men  (MSM),  and  persons  involved  in  the  use  of  illicit  drugs,  particularly  crack  cocaine  and  methamphetamine.  Other  STIs  are  distributed  more  evenly  throughout  societies.  For  example,  chlamydial  infections,  genital  infections  with  HPV,  and  genital  herpes  can  spread  widely,  even  in  relatively  low-risk  populations.