Top Ten Bugs

TOP TEN BUGS A new government survey reveals: the top 10 most common reported infectious diseases in the US are:

• Chlamydia, 477,638 cases
• Gonorrhea, 392,848 cases
• AIDS, 71,547 cases
• Salmonellosis, 45,970 cases
• Hepatitis A, 31,582 cases
• Shigellosis, 32,080 cases
• Tuberculosis, 22,860 cases
• Primary and Secondary Syphilis, 16,500 cases
• Lyme disease, 11,700 cases
• Hepatitis B, 10,805 cases

SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 

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