TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Epidemiology and Trends in Sexually Transmitted Infections A1 - Friedel, David A1 - Lavoie, Suzanne A2 - Wallace, Robert B. Y1 - 2017 N1 - T2 - Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health and Preventive Medicine, 15e AB - Three hundred and forty million new cases of curable sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are estimated to occur each year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).1 Despite this prevalence, STI infection rates are increasing in most countries, including the United States. In 1997, STIs were labeled a hidden epidemic by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), reflecting that this largely unrecognized U.S. public health threat has a tremendous scope.2 Although the IOM report increased awareness of STIs and stimulated progress in prevention and control of STIs, in the United States, STI rates remain the highest in the developed world, even surpassing rates in some developing countries.3 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Medical CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1145319607 ER -