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STDs on Campus: Symptoms, Treatment, and Prevention
Sexually transmitted diseases (STD) have become increasingly common among college students in the United States. One in five teens gets a sexually transmitted disease each year in the United States. Chlamydia, gonorrhea, genital herpes, and genital warts (human papillomavirus or HPV) are the most common STDs on college campuses. HPV infects 5.5 million people, while Chlamydia infects 3 million people a year.
Chlamydia is the most frequently reported STD in the United States. It is caused by the bacterium, Chlamydia trachomatis. Symptoms of Chlamydia are usually mild or absent. This mean that serious complications that cause irreversible damage (including infertility) can occur