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17 Cards in this Set
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sexualy transmitted infections (STI) |
an infection spread through intimate contact with another person skin or body fluids |
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unprotected sex |
sexual interocourse (vaginal, oral, anal) without a condom or other method of production |
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chlamydia |
the most common bacterial STI in the united states, caused by the bacterium chlamydia trachoma's |
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pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) |
an infection of the female reproductive tract that an result from an untreated sexually transmitted infection |
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gonorrhea |
the second most common bacterial STI in the united states caused by the bacterium neisseria gonorrhoeae |
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syphilis |
a sexually transmitted disease caused by the bacterium treponema pallidum |
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chancre |
an open sore most frequently located in the site of an initial syphilis infection
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herpes |
a condition characterized by sores or eruptions on the skin caused by herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) or herpes simples virus 2 (PSV-2)
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genital warts |
small fleshy growths on the cervix, vagina, vulva, penis, scrotum, or anus also called venereal wart or condyloma |
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human papilomaviruses (HPV) |
a group of viruses, some of which are linked to cervical cancer, and some of which cause genital warts |
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hepatitis B virus (HBV) |
one of seven forms of the hepatitis virus, which infects the liver, hepatitis B is the most common sexually transmitted form |
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human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) |
the virus that causes AIDS, transmissible through direct sexual contact or enhance of saliva, semen, vaginal fluid, blood , or other body fluids |
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acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) |
a disease of the immune system caused by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) characterized by extremely low CD4 counts or susceptibility to opportunistic infections or illness |
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pubic lice |
tiny blood sucking insects that infest human pubic hair also called crabs
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trichomoniasis |
an infection of the genitals caused by a protozoan also called trich |
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candiadiasis |
a fungal infection often transmitted sexually also called a yeast infection |
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urinary tract infections (UTI) |
infections of the urethra or ladder caused by microorganisms can be sexually transmited or autinoculated. |
