CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) reports on status of sexually transmitted diseases
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released the first study providing national data on the prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) type 16. The agency reported that an estimated 20 million people in the US have the sexually transmitted disease and every year about 5.5 million people become infected.