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[[Image:Neisseriagon.jpg|thumbnail|175px|right|[[Gonorrhea]] is a [[sexually transmitted disease]] ([[STD]]) caused by the bacyterium [[Neisseria gonorrhoeae]].]]
 
[[Image:Neisseriagon.jpg|thumbnail|175px|right|[[Gonorrhea]] is a [[sexually transmitted disease]] ([[STD]]) caused by the bacyterium [[Neisseria gonorrhoeae]].]]
In respect to '''homosexuality and gonorrhea''', a study published by the ''[[Canadian Medical Association Journal]]'' in 1991 found that
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In respect to '''homosexuality and gonorrhea''', a study published by the ''[[Canadian Medical Association Journal]]'' in 1991 found that:
{{cquote|Among the males [...] gonorrhea was associated with urethral discharge (positivity rate 24.3 time higher than the rate among those without discharge) and homosexuality (3.7 times higher than the rate among heterosexuals)."<ref>Canadian Medical Association Journal - [http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1453048 Predictors of chlamydial infection and gonorrhea among patients seen by private practitioners]</ref>}}  
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{{cquote|Among the males [...] gonorrhea was associated with urethral discharge (positivity rate 24.3 time higher than the rate among those without discharge) and homosexuality (3.7 times higher than the rate among heterosexuals).<ref>Canadian Medical Association Journal - [http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1453048 Predictors of chlamydial infection and gonorrhea among patients seen by private practitioners]</ref>}}  
    
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a report regarding [[Homosexuality|homosexual]] men entitled ''Increases in Unsafe Sex and Rectal Gonorrhea Among Men Who Have Sex With Men -- San Francisco, California, 1994-1997''.<ref name="MMWR">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00056314.htm Increases in Unsafe Sex and Rectal Gonorrhea Among Men Who Have Sex With Men -- San Francisco, California, 1994-1997]</ref> The CDC report stated that "male rectal gonorrhea is increasing among MSM [men who have sex with men] amidst an overall decline in nationwide gonorrhea rates."<ref name="MMWR"/>
 
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a report regarding [[Homosexuality|homosexual]] men entitled ''Increases in Unsafe Sex and Rectal Gonorrhea Among Men Who Have Sex With Men -- San Francisco, California, 1994-1997''.<ref name="MMWR">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00056314.htm Increases in Unsafe Sex and Rectal Gonorrhea Among Men Who Have Sex With Men -- San Francisco, California, 1994-1997]</ref> The CDC report stated that "male rectal gonorrhea is increasing among MSM [men who have sex with men] amidst an overall decline in nationwide gonorrhea rates."<ref name="MMWR"/>
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