能治癒性傳播疾病-病菌感染 Curable
STDs - Infections |
當前愛滋病的廣泛流行有一種遮蔽其他性傳播疾病感染持續威脅的趨勢。一些性傳播疾病是能夠治癒的,但是,這可能恰恰是現今為何許多人已經變得疏忽和忘了自我保護的原因。例如,梅毒再次流行起來,並且全世界每年有以百萬計的男女正在遭受感染。 同時,梅毒和其他性傳播疾病使愛滋病病毒更容易地侵入人體,因而,它們也增大愛滋病病毒感染的風險。下面詳細討論最重要的能治癒性傳播疾病。
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成人梅毒新感染病例估計數(單位:百萬,1999年 Estimated new cases of syphilis (in millions) among adults, 1999
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北美洲(North
America)
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0.107
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西歐(Western
Europe) |
0.136
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北非與中東(North
Africa & Middle East)
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0.364
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東歐與中亞(Eastern
Europe & Central
Asia) |
0.105
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非洲撒哈拉沙漠南部(Sub
Saharan Africa) |
3.828
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南亞和東南亞(South
and South East Asia) |
4.038
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東亞與太平洋地區(East
Asia & Pacific) |
0.244
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澳大利亞與新西蘭(Australia
& New Zealand) |
0.001
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拉丁美洲與加勒比海地區(Latin
America & Caribbean) |
2.928
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總計(Total) |
11.73
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資料來源:選擇性的能治癒性傳播疾病感染全球流行與發生率,世界衛生組織,1999年 Source: Global
Prevalence and Incidence of Selected
Curable Sexually Transmitted
Infections, WHO, 1999 |
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The current AIDS pandemic tends to overshadow the continuing threat of other sexually transmitted infections. Some of them are curable, but this may be the very reason why many people have become careless and now fail to protect themselves. Syphilis, for example, is spreading again and is infecting millions of women and men every year all over the world. At the same time, this and other STDs make it easier for the “AIDS virus” to enter the body, and thus they also increase the risk of an HIV infection. The following sections offer detailed descriptions of the most important curable STDs. |