Question | Answer |
Sexually transmitted diseases (STD's) | Infectious disease spread from person to person through sexual contact |
Sexually transmitted diseases (STI's) | Infectious disease spread from person to person through sexual contact. |
epidemics | occurrences of disease in which many people in the same place at the same time are affected. |
abstinence | the deliberate decision to avoid harmful behaviors, including sexual activity before marriage and the use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs. |
human papillomavirus | a virus that can cause genital warts or asymptomatic infection. |
chlamydia | is a bacterial infection that affects the reproductive organs of both male and female. |
genital herpes | an STD caused by the herpes simplex virus |
gonorrhea | is a bacterial STD that usually affects mucous membranes. |
Trichomoniasis | by a microscopic protozoan that results in infections of the vagina, uretha, and bladder. |
syphilis | attacks many parts of the body and is caused by a small bacterium called a spirochete. |
acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AID's) | a disease in which the immune system of the patient is weakened. |
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) | is a virus that attacks the immune system |
opportunistic infection | infections that occur in individuals who do not have healthy immune systems. |
asymptomatic stage | a period of time during which a person infected with HIV has no symptoms. |
symptomatic stage EIA | the stage in which a person infected with HIV has symptoms as a result of a severe drop in their immune cells. |
EIA | A test that screens for the presence of HIV antibodies in the blood |
Western blot | is the most common confirmation test for HIV in the United States |
pandemic | a global outbreak of infectious disease |