STD Awareness: Trichomoniasis
Trichomonas vaginalis, normally pear-shaped, flattens itself out after attaching to vaginal cells, maximizing surface area between parasite and host. The purple organisms are bacteria. Image: Antonio...
View ArticleSTD Awareness: 10 Sexually Transmitted Diseases You Probably Don’t Know About
Giardia lamblia, a microbe that can be transmitted sexually. Image: NIH Gonorrhea and chlamydia go back to antiquity. Syphilis took hold in Europe during the late 15th century. Herpes wasn’t on most...
View ArticleSTD Awareness: Drug-Resistant Trichomoniasis
Trichomonas vaginalis organisms, which cause trichomoniasis. Image: Parasite Image Library, CDC You’ve probably heard of MRSA, which is a strain of Staphylococcus aureus that evolved resistance to all...
View ArticleSTD 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...
View ArticleSTD Awareness: Three Sexually Transmitted Bugs That Will Fascinate and...
From creepy crawly pubic lice, which can be seen with a magnifying glass, to minuscule human papillomaviruses, which can be seen with some of the most expensive microscopes in the world, there are many...
View ArticleSTD Awareness: Will STDs Go Away on Their Own?
Can gonorrhea go away without treatment? Does chlamydia eventually clear up? Can trichomoniasis go away on its own? These are the kinds of questions people pose to Google before Google sends them here...
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