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Title: 7 Other STIs

Description: Diseases, Agents, Descriptions

Total Flash Cards: 10

Created: 03/12/2009 12:13:05

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Term

 

 

 

Chlamydia

 

STI

 Definition

B: Chlamydia trachomatis

  • Often asymptomatic but can cause scarring and pain in women
Term

 

 

 

Trachoma

 

 

 Definition

B: Chlamydia trachomatis

  • #1 cause of infectious blindness
  • Prevent by daily face washing
Term

 

 

 

Gonorrhea

 

STI

 Definition

B: Neisseria gonorrhoeae

  • Often asymptomatic, can cause scarring and pain in women
Term

 

 

 

Hepatitis B Virus

 

STI

Vaccine preventable

 Definition

V: Hepadnaviridae family

  • Vaccine available
  • Can become chronic, especially in infants and children -> liver disease
  • 40 times more transmissable than HIV
Term

 

 

 

Hepatitis C Virus

 

STI

 Definition

V: Flaviviridae family

  • Can cause liver cirrhosis and increases risk of liver cancer
  • No vaccine
  • Interferon and other drugs may suppress infection
  • No cure
Term

 

 

 

Herpes simplex virus

 

STI

 Definition

V: Herpesviridae

  • HSV-1: cold sores
  • HSV-2: genital sores
  • No vaccine
Term

 

 

 

Human Papillomavirus (HPV)

 

STI

Vaccine Preventable

 Definition

V: Papoviridae family

  • Genital warts -> cervical cancer
  • Vaccine available, but expensive
Term

 

 

 

Syphilis

 

STI

 Definition

B: Treponema pallidum

 

Three stages

  1. Rash or chancre
  2. Rash
  3. Weak arteries and nervous system impairment - mental illness
Term

 

 

 

Trichomoniasis

 

STI

 Definition

P - flagellate: Trichomonas vaginalis

 
Term

 

 

 

Lice

 

STI

 Definition

 

  • Pubic louse Pthirus pubis - crabs
  • Head louse Pediculus humanus capitis (not an STI)
  • Body louse Pediculus corporis (not an STI)

Nits -> Nymphs -> Adults