After hearing horror stories about the signs, symptoms, and course of lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV), a high school student has asked a visiting sexual health educator about the odds of acquiring the disease among sexually active Americans. Which of the following facts will most accurately underlie the educator's response?
A) LGV has been eradicated in the United States but still has significant prevalence and incidence in Southeast Asia and Central America.
B) This disease is not common in the United States, but existing cases disproportionately affect women.
C) Men who have sex with men are at particular risk of LGV.
D) The virus that causes LGV is rare outside the tropics.

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In the United States, men who have sex with men are the population with the highest prevalence and incidence of LGV. It is bacterial in etiology and affects more men than women.

After Hearing Horror Stories About the Signs, Symptoms, and Course