Word: gonorrhea
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...incidence of gonorrhea on campus has more than doubled, from four cases in 1998 to nine as of September of this year, according to statistics released by University Health Services...
...Coley stressed that no hard conclusions could be drawn about the incidence of sexually transmitted disease (STD) at Harvard based on the statistics. He said the small number of gonorrhea cases makes it difficult to assess the disease's prevalence on campus...
...Gonorrhea, commonly called the clap, is a bacterial infection that if not treated can cause sterility. It can be treated with antibiotics...
This "minor blip-up" in the numbers of gonorrhea cases, Coley said, may be the result of students' overconfidence stemming from new medical technologies...
Data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also indicate a nationwide increase in the number of gonorrhea cases...