Sexually transmitted diseases

Sexually transmitted diseases

<p>Sexually transmitted diseases (STD) are diseases that have a significant probability of transmission by means of sexual contact, including vaginal intercourse, oral and anal sex. Increasingly, the term sexually transmitted infection (STI) is used, as it has a broader range of meaning; a person may be infected, and may potentially infect others, without showing signs of disease. Some STIs can also be transmitted via the needles used in intravenal drug use, as well as through childbirth or breastfeeding.
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<h2 id="w_references">References</h2>
<ul><li>Mary-Ann Shafer, Anna-Barbara Moscicki (2006). "Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2006.": 1-8.
</li><li>Archives in London and the M25 area (AIM25) London Lock Hospital records
</li><li>Cook H, Furuya E, Larson E, Vasquez G, Lowy F (2007). "Heterosexual transmission of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus". Clin Infect Dis 44 (3): 410-3. PMID 17205449.
</li><li>Workowski K, Berman S (2006). "Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2006.". MMWR Recomm Rep 55 (RR-11): 1-94. PMID 16888612.
</li><li>Wu J, Chen C, Sheen I, Lee S, Tzeng H, Choo K (1995). "Evidence of transmission of hepatitis D virus to spouses from sequence analysis of the viral genome.". Hepatology 22 (6): 1656-60. PMID 7489970.
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</li><li>Shukla N, Poles M (2004). "Hepatitis B virus infection: co-infection with hepatitis C virus, hepatitis D virus, and human immunodeficiency virus.". Clin Liver Dis 8 (2): 445-60, viii. PMID 15481349.
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<h2 id="w_external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.soc.ucsb.edu/sexinfo/?article=stds&refid=032menu" alt="SexInfo’s STD’s A to Z">SexInfo’s STD’s A to Z</a> at University of California, Santa Barbara
</li><li><a href="http://www.dermnet.com/moduleIndex.cfm?moduleID=16" alt="STD photo library">STD photo library</a> at New Zealand Dermatological Society|Dermnet
</li><li><a href="http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/book/companion.asp?compID=20&id=14" alt="Microbicides">Microbicides</a>— Information from Our Bodies, Ourselves on the place of microbicides in the future of STI prevention.
</li><li><a href="http://www.unfpa.org/rh/stis.htm" alt="UNFPA: Breaking the Cycle of Sexually Transmitted Infections">UNFPA: Breaking the Cycle of Sexually Transmitted Infections</a> at United Nations Population Fund|UNFPA
</li><li><a href="http://yourstdhelp.com" alt="Pictures and information on Sexually Transmitted Infections">Pictures and information on Sexually Transmitted Infections</a>
</li><li><a href="http://www.niaid.nih.gov/publications/stds.htm" alt="Fact sheet on sexually transmitted diseases">Fact sheet on sexually transmitted diseases</a> from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
</li><li><a href="http://powerlaws.media.mit.edu/papers/liljeros03.pdf" alt=""Sexual networks: implications for the transmission of sexually transmitted infections"">"Sexual networks: implications for the transmission of sexually transmitted infections"</a> at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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