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STD Awareness: Trichomoniasis
Trichomonas vaginalis, normally pear-shaped, flattens itself out after attaching to vaginal cells, maximizing surface area between parasite and host. The purple organisms are bacteria. Image: Antonio...
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STD Awareness: 10 Sexually Transmitted Diseases You Probably Don’t Know About
Giardia lamblia, a microbe that can be transmitted sexually. Image: NIH Gonorrhea and chlamydia go back to antiquity. Syphilis took hold in Europe during the late 15th century. Herpes wasn’t on most...
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STD Awareness: Drug-Resistant Trichomoniasis
Trichomonas vaginalis organisms, which cause trichomoniasis. Image: Parasite Image Library, CDC You’ve probably heard of MRSA, which is a strain of Staphylococcus aureus that evolved resistance to all...
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STD Awareness: Can Lesbians Get STDs?
A couple of months ago, in time for Valentine’s Day, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that it would start using the term “condomless sex” instead of “unprotected sex.” The move...
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STD Awareness: Three Sexually Transmitted Bugs That Will Fascinate and...
From creepy crawly pubic lice, which can be seen with a magnifying glass, to minuscule human papillomaviruses, which can be seen with some of the most expensive microscopes in the world, there are many...
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STD Awareness: Will STDs Go Away on Their Own?
Can gonorrhea go away without treatment? Does chlamydia eventually clear up? Can trichomoniasis go away on its own? These are the kinds of questions people pose to Google before Google sends them here...
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STD Awareness: Trichomoniasis, the Pear-Shaped, Blood-Sucking, Silent Scourge
What’s shaped like a pear, hangs with a posse of bacteria, and is a silent scourge upon millions of urogenital tracts? I hope you guessed Trichomonas vaginalis, the single-celled parasite that causes...
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