What are the average number of STDs on college campuses and the most common ones?

Somewhere between 20 and 25 percent of college students are or have been infected with an STD (sexually transmitted disease, now more commonly referred to as a sexually transmitted infection, or STI). Although there may be differences from campus to campus, chlamydia, HPV (Human Papillomavirus) or genital warts, and genital herpes appear to be the most common STIS among college students, in general.

For more information about these and other STIs, as well as safer sex guidelines, search Alice's Sexual Health archive.

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