| Near epidemic in the mid-1970s, this STD is caused by a gram negative coccal microorganism. |
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| This STD occurs primarily in low-income minorities and becomes a systemic infection without treatment. |
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| The most common symptomatic STD in the US, this is frequently seen in sexually active young women. |
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| This parasitic protozoan attacks squamous epithelium primarily infecting vaginal and urethral tissue with a yellow-green or grey-green discharge. |
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| Highly contagious, this STD is caused by a parsite that attaches itself to the pubic hairs. |
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| A STD that is common among homosexual men and affects the GI system producing sudden, explosive diarrhea, vomiting, and sulfuric burping that lasts for several days and even months. |
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| A retrovirus which attacks the immune system which results in weight loss, recurrent fevers, neurologic abnormalities, recurrent pulmonary infiltrates and the development of opportunistic infections. |
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| Caused by a variety of microbes, this STD commonly causes urethritis in males. |
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| Characterized by prematurity, intrauterine growth retardation, bone marrow depression, retinal inflammation, glaucoma, and nephrotic syndrome, this STD is diagnosed during the first 2 years of life. |
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| This STD is a sexually transmissible herpesvirus that causes mild illnesses in healthy individuals, but in its congenital form it causes intracranial cancifications, microencephaly, and hearing impairments. |
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