HLTH101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Bronchus, T Helper Cell, Hiv-1 Protease
16 Dec 2016
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There are 7 stis that pose a major health threat: chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, human papillomavirus (hpv), genital herpes (hsv 1 & hsv 2), hiv/aids, and hepatitis b (hbv). They all have relatively high incidence among canadians, they cause serious health issues, they pose risks to fetus or newborns, and they all have major complication if left untreated including chronic pain, infertility, stillbirths, genital cancers, or even death. In canada, there are bacterial and viral stis with chlamydia, gonorrhea and. Chlamydia and gonorrhea have both been steadily increasing in. Gonorrhea has also developed an antibiotic (quinolone) resistance increase. Syphilis was previously rare in canada but there has been a dramatic national increase seen 1997. The most common viral sti in canada is hpv with 70% of the adult population having had at least one genital hpv infection in their lifetime. Both these two viral stis have an unknown true incidence because it is not a reportable sti.
