STDs

What are STDs?

Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) are viruses, bacteria or other small organisms that can be acquired through sexual contact with a person who is infected.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Footnotes:

  1. This website uses the term STD in a broad sense, referring to “any of various diseases or infections” that are transmitted by sexual contact.  See Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, search entry: STD [noun].  Retrieved February 2007 from http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=STD.

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