PUB HLT 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Confidence Interval, Odds Ratio, Itch
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Anatomic site characterized by pain in urination, discharged increase in frequency. Passed through the mother to the child (i. e. transplacental) Meningitis in hospitals, patients in early 20s. Cancer: 20% global cases of cancers caused by stds. Infertility - 40% due to stds and infections (chlamydia) Current vaccines cover 9 types out of 20! Highest prevalence: hpv > chlamydia > trichomoniasis (oral genital sex, finger touching genitals under fingernails, penetrative intercourse) Good immune system can clear the agents in a couple of months. More prevalent among 15-24 (almost 50% for hpv; 63% for chlamydia) 1991 recommended that newborn undergo hepatitis b vaccination. 1996 7th grade why hepatitis b is no longer prevalent. Under 24 years immunized with hepatitis b substantial decline globally and liver cancer cases. Young people (15-24) represent 50% of all new stis. _reproductive number r0 = x c x d = # new infections per case.
