List of sexually transmitted infections by prevalence

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Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), also referred to as sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), are

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 disease Notes
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.Public Domain 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.
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  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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