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STD Awareness: Bacterial Vaginosis and Chancroid
Sexually transmitted diseases can be caused by viruses, bacteria, protozoans, and even animals. Bacterial vaginosis and chancroid are both infections caused by bacteria, which means that they can be...
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STD Awareness: “What Are the Symptoms of an STD?”
“I was treated for chlamydia, but my girlfriend feels fine, so she doesn’t need to get tested.” “The only time I don’t use condoms is for oral sex, and everything’s been OK ‘down there,’ so getting...
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STD Awareness: Is There an STD That Causes Maggots?
Maggots grow up to be flies. Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been confronted by two mysteries. The first was a collection of search terms that led curious Web surfers to our blog. Take a gander at...
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STD Awareness: Do Sexually Transmitted Diseases Increase HIV Risk?
You might have heard that having an STD like syphilis, herpes, or gonorrhea can make it easier to catch HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. But have you ever wondered if this was true? Maybe it’s just a...
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STD Awareness: Is Bacterial Vaginosis a Sexually Transmitted Disease?
Gardnerella vaginalis under a microscope. Image: K.K. Jefferson/Virginia Commonwealth University Bacterial vaginosis, or BV, is the most common vaginal infection among people 15 to 44 years of age....
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STD Awareness: The Curious Case of Chancroid
Haemophilus ducreyi arrange themselves in parallel rows, which researchers have called “railroad tracks,” “schools of fish,” and “fingerprints.” Image: Mike Miller, CDC Earlier this year, I asked a...
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STD Awareness: When Syphilis Goes North
The bacteria that cause syphilis are shaped like corkscrews. Image: David Cox, CDC Last month, a “weird” medical case made headlines. An Australian man with unexplained headaches and eye pain got a...
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