thepeoplewhohavetheherpessimplex2virusdon'tknowtheyareinfected.Manypeopleneverhavesymptomsoroutbreaks,orthosesymptomsaremildandmistakenforsomethingelse.Buttran**issioncanoccurwithoutsymptomsorvisiblesores.

    "Manyindividualsaretran**ittingherpestootherswithoutevenknowingit,"saidDr.JohnM.DouglasJr.,directoroftheCDC'sDivisionofSTDPrevention."Wecan'taffordtobecomplacentaboutthisdisease.Itisimportantthatpersonswithsymptomssuggestiveofherpes--especiallyrecurrentsoresinthegenitalarea--seekclinicalcaretodetermineifthesesymptomsmaybeduetoherpesandmightbenefitfromtreatment."

    Thesenewnumbersarefromdatabetween2005and2008andareconsistentwiththelaststudy,whichcovered1999-2004.TheCDCsaysthattherewasaslightdeclineininfectionratesbutthatitwasnotstatisticallysignificant.

    Preventionstrategiescanhelpreducenationalrates,theCDCsaid,andthereareanumberofeffectivedrugsthatcanhelptreatandpreventoutbreaks.

    Douglassaidpeoplewhoknowtheirherpesstatusshouldavoid***whentheyhavesymptomsorsores,limittheirnumberof***ualpartners,andusecondomsconsistentlyandcorrectly.

    However,CDCexpertssaythereareanumberofbarrierstotreatment,includingpovertyandlackofaccesstocare.Theysayyoungwomenoftendon'tgettestedforSTDsbecauseofmisinformationandstigma.

    AccordingtofourstudiesalsoreleasedattheNationalSTDPreventionConferenceonTuesday,African-AmericansareshoulderingaheavySTDburden.

    WhileAfrican-Americansmakeup12percentoftheU.S.population,thatpopulationaccountsfornearlyhalfofallreportedsyphilisandchlamydiacases,morethan70percentofallreportedgonorrheacases-->>

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