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The most common sexually transmitted diseases during pregnancy are bacterial vaginosis and genital herpes. STDs such as HIV and syphilis are much less common in pregnant women. This table shows the approximate number of pregnant women affected by specific STDs during pregnancy each year in the United States. STDs
Estimated
Number of Pregnant Women Bacterial
vaginosis 800,000 Herpes
simplex 800,000
Chlamydia 200,000 Trichomoniasis 80,000 Gonorrhea 40,000 Hepatitis
B 40,000 HIV
8,000 Syphilis 8,000 Information
contained in this article is adapted from material available
at the Centers
for Disease Control and
Prevention,
National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, Division of
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Prevention
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