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| Sexually Trasmited Infections passed from person to person from sexual contact |
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| parasitic organismst that live on the outer skin surfaces, not inside the body |
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| An STI caused by Chlamydia trachomatis organism |
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| inflamation of the epididymis (the coiled tube where sperm mature) |
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| An STI caused by the Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacterium |
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| inflammation of the urethra. |
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Nongonococcal Urethritis (NGU) |
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| a widespread sexually transmitted infection of the urethra,caused by the parasite Chlamydia trachomatis, or the mycoplasmUreaplasma urealyticum, characterized in males by painful urinationand discharge from the penis and in females by frequent, painfulurination and cervical erosion. Abbreviation: NGU |
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| a chronic infectious disease, caused by a spirochete, Treponemapallidum, usually venereal in origin but often congenital, andaffecting almost any organ or tissue in the body, especially thegenitals, skin, mucous membranes, aorta, brain, liver, bones,and nerves. |
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| any of various spiral-shaped motile bacteria of the familySpirochaetaceae, certain species, as Treponema, Leptospira, andBorrelia, being pathogenic to humans and other animals, andother species being free-living, saprophytic, or parasitic. |
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| the initial lesion of syphilis and certain other infectious diseases,commonly a more or less distinct ulcer or sore with a hard base. |
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Genital Human Papillomavirus Infection (HPV) |
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| a double-stranded DNA virus of the genusPapillomavirus (species Human papillomavirus) that has numerous genotypes causing various human warts (as the common warts of the extremities, plantar warts, and genital warts) including some associated with the production of cervical cancer—called also HPV |
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| a wart on the skin or adjoining mucous membrane usually near the anus and genital organs—called alsocondyloma, condyloma acuminatum, venereal wart |
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Herpes simplex virus (HSV) |
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| either of two viral diseases caused by herpesviruses of the genus Simplexvirus that are marked especially by watery blisters on the skin or mucous membranes of the lips, mouth, face, or genital region—see |
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| a disease or condition (as hepatitis A or hepatitis B) marked by inflammation of the liver |
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| vaginitis that is marked by a grayish vaginal discharge usually of foul odor and that is associated with the presence of a bacterium especially of the genusGardnerella (G. vaginalis synonym Haemophilus vaginalis)—abbreviation BV; called also nonspecific vaginitis |
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| aka yeast infection, fungal virus, overgrowth of the fungus called canidada albicans. |
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| caused by single-celled protozoan parasite, trichomonas vaginalis |
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| red itchy rash caused by barely visible mite sarcoptes scabiei |
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| little nasty bugs in pubic hair (normally) |
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| inflammation of the cervix |
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| a bladder infection that affects mainly womenbacterium escherichi coli |
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) |
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| early 1980s- kaposi's sarcoma, lun infection were common |
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| Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) |
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| Opportunistic Infections (OIs) |
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| Diseases that take over a weakened immune system |
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| Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia (PCP) |
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| cancer of the blood vessels |
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| What types of cancer are commonly associated with AIDS? |
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| lymphatic system, cervical cancer, and cancer of the blood. |
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| white blood cells, defends body against invading organisms or mutant cells |
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| white blood cells that engulf foreign particles and display the invader's antigen |
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| large molecules that are capable of stimulating the immune system and then reacting with the antibodies that are released to fight them |
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| bind to antigens and inactivate them and mark them for destruction by killers |
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| B cells and several types of T cells |
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| writes the RNA into a cells DNA |
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| protein coated package of genes that invades cell and alters the way in which the cell reproduces itself |
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| viruses that are able to reverse the normal genetic writing process |
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| the process by which a person develops antibodies |
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| depending on whether or not the serostatus is positive or negative if antibodies or detected or not |
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