ANT 2301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Liver Failure, Urethra, Short-Term Memory
9 Jan 2017
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Discuss the various types of sexual transmitted infections. Identify early perspectives of hiv/aids in the us. Come to terms with sti rates at uf. Women contract stis more easily than do men. Pregnant woman can pass stis to their babies. Most commonly diagnosed bacterial sti in the developed word. Estimated 1. 5 million cases in us each year. Secondary: rash or hives and other symptoms develop few weeks - 6 months after initial infection. Latent: occurs after disappearance by no symptoms, bacteria present in blood. Tertiary: after latent, severe symptoms develop if untreated. No cure, but can take medicine to reduce symptoms. 10% that stick with you for life are the. Aids diagnosed when t-cell count drops below 200/cm. Transmission requires that semen, vaginal fluids, or blood of infected person must contact a mucous membrane or enter into the blood stream of another. 10% that stick with you for life are the ones that form pre-cancerous cells.
