Open AccessPrevalence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infections Among Men and Women Entering the National Job Training Program—United States, 2004–2009
Author(s) -
Heather Bradley,
Catherine Lindsey Satterwhite
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0b013e318231cd5d
Subject(s) - gonorrhea , medicine , demography , neisseria gonorrhoeae , odds ratio , logistic regression , family medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , sociology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
National notifiable disease data indicate that there were 99 cases of gonorrhea for every 100,000 persons in the United States in 2009, the lowest recorded gonorrhea rate in US history. However, the extent to which declining case reports signify a reduction in prevalence is unknown.