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Rates of genital herpes rise in women in direct proportion to the number of their lifetime sexual partners. | Rates of genital herpes rise in women in direct proportion to the number of their lifetime sexual partners. | ||
Genital herpes causes recurrent outbreaks of painful blisters in the genitals. There is no known cure. Once contracted, it lasts for life. As herpes outbreaks can occur anywhere in the pubic region, condoms offer only minimal protection. Furthermore, many individuals may shed herpes virus even when they are not having an outbreak and thus may infect future unsuspecting partners at any time. | |||
<span style="font-size:125%>'''Data:'''</span> | |||
The epidemiology of herpes in American women is as follows: | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
! Number of Lifetime | |||
Sex Partners | |||
! Prevalence of Genital | |||
Herpes in Women | |||
|- | |||
| 1 | |||
| 5.4% | |||
|- | |||
| 2-4 | |||
| 18.8% | |||
|- | |||
| 5-9 | |||
| 21.8% | |||
|- | |||
| 10+ | |||
| 37.1% | |||
|} | |||
<span style="font-size:125%>'''References:'''</span> | <span style="font-size:125%>'''References:'''</span> | ||