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<p>Here’s a quote from UCSB’s SexInfo site (a site focusing on general information about sexuality):

@UCSB SexInfo

Dear Sexperts,</p>

<p>What percentage of UCSB students are infected with an STD?</p>

<p>Answer:</p>

<p>Based on a random sample of UCSB students, approximately 6% of student’s self-reports, say that they have had an STD. These data are probably low, due to the fact that many people who are infected don’t even know it. From the random sample, one percent of sexually active UCSB students has or has had pubic lice. One percent of UCSB students has or has had chlamydia. Three percent of UCSB students have genital herpes. The incidence of HIV infection at UCSB is very, very low. Human papilloma virus, the virus which causes genital warts and cervical cancer, is by far the most prevalent STD at UCSB. According to Dr. Cox, of the UCSB Health Clinic, 70 to 80% of sexually active men and women will come in contact with HPV in their lifetime. The Center for Disease Control published a 2006 surveillance of sexually transmitted diseases, which presents statistics of STD infection in the United States.</p>

<p>Sincerely,
The Sexperts

[UCSB</a> SexInfo Online - STD Infection at UCSB](<a href=“http://www.soc.ucsb.edu/sexinfo/question/std-infection-at-ucsb]UCSB”>http://www.soc.ucsb.edu/sexinfo/question/std-infection-at-ucsb)</p>