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[[Image:Neisseriagon.jpg|thumbnail|175px|right|The bacterium ''[[Neisseria gonorrhoeae]]''.]]
[[Image:Neisseriagon.jpg|thumbnail|175px|right|The bacterium ''[[Neisseria gonorrhoeae]]''.]]
'''Gonorrhea''' is a [[sexually transmitted disease]] ([[STD]]) caused by the bacterium ''[[Neisseria gonorrhoeae]]''.<ref>http://www.cdc.gov/std/Gonorrhea/STDFact-gonorrhea.htm</ref> Approximately 700,000 people in the [[United States]] are afflicted with gonorrhea.<ref>[http://www.cdc.gov/std/Gonorrhea/STDFact-gonorrhea.htm#common Gonorrhea - CDC Fact Sheet]</ref>
'''Gonorrhea''' is a [[sexually transmitted disease]] ([[STD]]) caused by the bacterium ''[[Neisseria gonorrhoeae]]''.<ref>https://www.cdc.gov/std/Gonorrhea/STDFact-gonorrhea.htm</ref> Approximately 700,000 people in the [[United States]] are afflicted with gonorrhea.<ref>[https://www.cdc.gov/std/Gonorrhea/STDFact-gonorrhea.htm#common Gonorrhea - CDC Fact Sheet]</ref>
===Homosexuality and Gonorrhea===
===Homosexuality and Gonorrhea===
===Race and Gonorrhea===
===Race and Gonorrhea===
In respect to race and gonorrhea, The U.S. [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] reported in 1998 that the rate of gonorrhea infection for non-Hispanic blacks was 5.1 times higher than that found in the general U.S. population.<ref>The rate for the general population was 132.9 cases per 100,000; for non-Hispanic blacks it was 673.1 per 100,000. [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4924a5.htm "Gonorrhea - United States, 1998." ''Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report'' 23 Jun. 2000.]</ref>
In respect to race and gonorrhea, The U.S. [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] reported in 1998 that the rate of gonorrhea infection for non-Hispanic blacks was 5.1 times higher than that found in the general U.S. population.<ref>The rate for the general population was 132.9 cases per 100,000; for non-Hispanic blacks it was 673.1 per 100,000. [https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4924a5.htm "Gonorrhea - United States, 1998." ''Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report'' 23 Jun. 2000.]</ref>
==Symptoms==
==Symptoms==
Symptoms of gonorrhea vary, with many individuals having no symptoms at all. When they do appear, symptoms can take from 5 – 30 days to appear. According to the CDC,<ref>[http://www.cdc.gov/std/Gonorrhea/STDFact-gonorrhea.htm#symptoms Gonorrhea - CDC Fact Sheet]</ref> symptoms of gonorrhea can include:
Symptoms of gonorrhea vary, with many individuals having no symptoms at all. When they do appear, symptoms can take from 5 – 30 days to appear. According to the CDC,<ref>[https://www.cdc.gov/std/Gonorrhea/STDFact-gonorrhea.htm#symptoms Gonorrhea - CDC Fact Sheet]</ref> symptoms of gonorrhea can include:
In men:
In men:
==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.cdc.gov/std/Gonorrhea/STDFact-gonorrhea.htm Information about Gonorrhea from the CDC]
*[https://www.cdc.gov/std/Gonorrhea/STDFact-gonorrhea.htm Information about Gonorrhea from the CDC]
==References==
==References==