Higher Gonorrhea Rates among African Americans than among White Persons in the United States

  1. Susan A. Wang, MD, MPH
  1. From Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30329.

    IN RESPONSE:

    We thank Dr. Arkfeld for his letter. First, the Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project (GISP) is not designed to monitor gonorrhea incidence in the United States; it is a sentinel surveillance system to monitor antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Second, as noted in our Results section, which described the demographic characteristics …

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