List of sexually transmitted infections by prevalence

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Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), also referred to as sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), are infections that are commonly spread by sexual activity, especially vaginal intercourse, anal sex and oral sex. [1] [2] The most prevalent STIs may be carried by a significant fraction of the human population.

STI Number of people with diseaseNotes
Herpes 4,000,000,000 [3] It is estimated that more than two-thirds of the global population has herpes, though it mostly lies dormant.
Human papillomavirus infection 800,000,000 [4]
Chlamydia 450,000,000 [5]
Hepatitis B 356,000,000 [6] Preventable with the Hepatitis B vaccine
Gonorrhea 50,000,000 [5] Globally, 0.8% (women) and 0.6% (men) have gonorrhea.
Syphilis 45,400,000 [7]
HIV/AIDS 36,700,000 [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) Fact sheet N°110". who.int. November 2013. Archived from the original on 25 November 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Sexually transmitted infections". womenshealth.gov. 2017-02-22. Retrieved 2017-12-08.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  3. ↑ Welch, Ashley (30 October 2015). "Two-thirds of the world population has herpes". CBSNews. CBS News. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  4. ↑ Forman, D (2012). "Global burden of human papillomavirus and related diseases". Vaccine. 30 (Suppl 5): F12–23. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.07.055. PMID   23199955. S2CID   30694437. Archived from the original on May 29, 2020.
  5. 1 2 Newman, Lori; Rowley, Jane; Vander Hoorn, Stephen; Wijesooriya, Nalinka Saman; Unemo, Magnus; Low, Nicola; Stevens, Gretchen; Gottlieb, Sami; Kiarie, James; Temmerman, Marleen; Meng, Zhefeng (8 December 2015). "Global Estimates of the Prevalence and Incidence of Four Curable Sexually Transmitted Infections in 2012 Based on Systematic Review and Global Reporting". PLOS ONE. 10 (12): e0143304. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1043304N. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143304 . PMC   4672879 . PMID   26646541.
  6. ↑ "Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015". Lancet. 388 (10053): 1545–1602. 8 October 2016. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31678-6. PMC   5055577 . PMID   27733282.
  7. ↑ Lancet (2016). "Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015". Lancet. 388 (10053): 1545–1602. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31678-6. PMC   5055577 . PMID   27733282.
  8. ↑ "Fact sheet – Latest statistics on the status of the AIDS epidemic | UNAIDS". www.unaids.org. Archived from the original on July 13, 2017. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
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