Inclusion Body Myositis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Inclusion Body Myositis, or a subtype of Inclusion Body Myositis, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
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C. trachomatis is an obligate intracellular organism of the lymphogranuloma venereum serotype group. Serotypes D through K are sexually transmitted, and secondary eye involvement in adults occurs in about 1 in 300 genital cases. Because contaminated cervical secretions infect the eyes of the neonate during birth, inclusion conjunctivitis is an important cause of ophthalmia neonatorum. Ocular chlamydial disease occurs most frequently in adults between ages 18 and 30.
Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
The term 'prevalence' of Inclusion Body Myositis usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Inclusion Body Myositis at any given time. The term 'incidence' of Inclusion Body Myositis refers to the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Inclusion Body Myositis diagnosed each year. Hence, these two statistics types can differ: a short-lived disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence, but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence. For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics.
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