FRHD 2100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, Non-Gonococcal Urethritis, Chlamydia Trachomatis

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 2100
• Professor: Tuuli Kukkonen

Document Summary

Human papillomavirus (hpv) and genital herpes (herpes simplex. Chlamydia is the most common virus or hsv) are the most common: no national statistics on them, twice as many women as men contracting the infection, teens & young adults have the highest rates of chlamydia. Highest sti rates occur in canada"s north and the next highest in western provinces, especially in saskatchewan. Gonorrhea is less common than chlamydia: declined from the mid-1980"s through 1997 than increased in 2008. Syphilis is very small. penicillin in the 1940"s: infection decreased in canada with the introduction of, recently has been increasing, especially among men who, due to localized outbreaks in vancouver, yukon, calgary, Bacteria: cause a range of diseases, such as pneumonia, tuberculosis, meningitis and the sti"s chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis. Caused by the chlamydia trachomatis bacterium, a parasitic organism tat can survive only within cells.