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| | American Social Health Association - Learn about STDs/STIs |
 | | Of the STDs that are diagnosed, only some (gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia, hepatitis A and B) are required to be reported to state health departments and the CDC. |
 | | It is estimated that as many as one in four Americans have genital herpes, a lifelong (but manageable) infection, yet up to 90 percent of those with herpes are unaware they have it. |
 | | STD screening, testing, case reporting, and clinical and partner notification practices: a national survey of US physicians. |
| www.ashastd.org /learn/learn_statistics.cfm (1066 words) |
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