Gonorrhoea infection case definition summary
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In more developed or Western-style industrialised countries those at the economic and/or social margins also bear the brunt of the disease. African and Hispanic Americans and those of Caribbean extraction in the United Kingdom, for example, have disproportionately high disease rates. The other main concentration of disease in Western style countries is amongst homosexually active men (HAM). Rates of gonorrhoea in HAM have increased in a number of countries in recent years.
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