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A sexually transmitted infection (STI), also referred to as a sexually transmitted disease (STD) and the older term venereal disease (VD), is an infection that is spread by sexual activity, especially vaginal intercourse, anal sex, oral sex, or sometimes manual sex.
Early latent syphilis is defined by the World Health Organization as less than 2 years after original infection. [27] Early latent syphilis is infectious as up to 25% of people can develop a recurrent secondary infection (during which bacteria are actively replicating and are infectious). [27]
Untreated gonorrhea can lead to major complications, such as: Infertility in women. Gonorrhea can spread into the uterus and fallopian tubes, causing pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). PID can result in scarring of the tubes, greater risk of pregnancy complications and infertility, and can be fatal, particularly in the immunocompromised.
2 million women worldwide became infected with HIV/AIDS. [35] 1.2 million women around the world died from HIV/AIDS. [35] 2008 Native American women became the third most likely to contract HIV/AIDS, following Black and Latina women. [37] Native American women are found to be 2.4 times as likely to contract HIV/AIDS, compared to white women ...
Chlamydia can be transmitted during vaginal, anal, oral, or manual sex or direct contact with infected tissue such as conjunctiva. Chlamydia can also be passed from an infected mother to her baby during vaginal childbirth. [27] It is assumed that the probability of becoming infected is proportionate to the number of bacteria one is exposed to. [30]
We don't suggest you skip your next doctor's appointment, but researchers have found a new way to detect HIV and syphilis in just 15 minutes - from your home. From anywhere, actually. Researchers ...
A sexually transmitted ringworm caused by a rare fungus has been reported for the first time in the United States. The case report, published Wednesday in JAMA Dermatology by doctors at NYU ...
In its early stages, the great pox produced a rash similar to smallpox (also known as variola). [62] However, the name is misleading, as smallpox was a far more deadly disease. The terms "lues" [63] (or Lues venerea, Latin for "venereal plague") and "Cupid's disease" [64] have also been used to refer to syphilis.