TRUE or FALSE 1) Most people who have sexually transmitted infections have sympt
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TRUE or FALSE
1) Most people who have sexually transmitted infections have symptoms.
2)Heterosexual sex is the primary means of spreading HIV infection.
3)About 50% of HIV infected Americans do not know that they are HIV positive.
4)Sexually transmitted infections can also be called sexually transmitted diseases.
5)Most STI's can be cured if they are treated early and properly.
6)The United States has the lowest rate of STI's of any industrialized nation.
7)STI's are never caused parasites.
8)If you are HIV positive and taking an antiviral treatment, your life expectancy will be about the same as someone who is not infected with HIV.
9)HIV causes AIDS.
10)Most STD's are caused by the chlamydia virus.
11)Chlamydia can cause pelvic inflammatory disease.
12)The HPV virus is the virus that can cause genital warts.
13)After being infected with HIV, billions of infectious particles are produced every day.
14)CD4 T cells are red blood cells that help coordinate the activity of the immune system.
15)The 3 main transmission routes of HIV are sexual contact, direct exposure of infected blood, and through childbirth/breastfeeding.
16)Male to female transmission of the HIV virus is more likely to occur than female to male transmission.
17)Only 67% of sexually active MSM reported getting an HIV test in the past year.
18)Currently, there are only 2 FDA home testing devices for HIV.
19)It usually takes a year after HIV exposure for antibodies to appear.
20)Chlamydia is the most prevalent bacterial STI in the United States.
21)Women have a greater risk of complications from chlamydia than men.
22)In most women, chlamydia produces early symptoms.
23)In men, chlamydia infections can cause painful urination, discharge, and swollen testicles.
24)Gonorrhea cannot thrive outside the human body and dies within minutes of exposure to light and air.
25)Most states treat newborn babies with antimicrobial eye drops to prevent eye infections that could occur from a mother having gonorrhea.
26)PID is the leading cause of infertility in young women.
27)HPV only causes one disease.
28)HPV is the most common STI in the United States.
29)There are 100 different strains of HPV and different strains cause different types of infections.
30)There are 2 HPV vaccines that are approved by the FDA.
31)Genital herpes is a major factor in HIV transmission.
Explanation / Answer
1.False. its not necessary. Many of them can be asymptomatic and exhibit symptoms in later stages of their life.
2. True. In canada approx 90 percent cases are due to sexual contact and out of them majority are due to heterosexual sex.
3. False. Acording to CDC stats it is 15 percent.
4. False. Because it is not necessary that all infection will get converted into disease.
5. True. It can be cured.
6.false.
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