(STDs) Illness that is given to another person through sexual contact.

Infectious diseases that are transmitted chiefly by sexual contact. The "classical" sexually transmitted diseases include particularly gonorrhoea, syphilis, chancroid, lymphogranuloma inguinale and lymphogranuloma venereum. According to the classification of the World Health Organisation, the sexually transmitted diseases also include trichomoniasis (TV), chlamydial infections, genital herpes, candidiasis (thrush), infection with human papilloma virus (genital warts), viral hepatitis and AIDS.

diseases that are spread by sexual activity.

Medical conditions spread by way of sexual intercourse and/or contact. Examples are syphilis, gonorrhea, and HIV/AIDS.

Diseases caused by pathogens that are transmitted from an infected person to an uninfected person during intimate sexual contact; also known as sexually transmitted infections.

Such diseases include HIV/AIDS, syphilis, gonorrhea, Hep B, chlamydia, PID, genital herpes and warts, and infection by the human papillomavirus. Among the industrialized nations, the US has the highest rates of sexually transmitted diseases. Microbial pathogens that are sexually transmissible can come from bacteria, viruses, fungi, or protozoa. Those from bacteria include the following: Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Ureaplasma urealyticum, Gardnerella vaginalis; Haemophilus ducreyi; Calymmatobacterium granulomatis; Treponema pallidum; Chlamydia trachomatis; and, occasionally, from Group B Streptococcus; Shigella species; and Campylobacter jejuni. Those from viruses include the following: HIV; Herpes simplex II; Papillomavirus; Cytomegalovirus; and, occasionally, from Molluscum contagiosum; and Hepatitis A and B. Those from fungi or protozoa include the following: Trichomonas vaginalis; and, occasionally, from Giardia lambia; Candida albicans; Endamoeba histolytica; and Cryptosporidium.

Diseases transmitted by sexual contact; also called venereal diseases. (345)

A large group of infections that can be spread via sexually contact. The most common in the United States are chlamydia, genital warts gonorrhea, hepatitis B virus, herpes, HIV, and syphilis.

An infection spread by passing infection- or illness- causing organisms from one person to another through sexual contact. There are more than 20 STDs, including HIV, herpes, gonorrhea, syphilis, genital warts, chlamydia, hepatitis B, trichomoniasis and chancroid. If left untreated, some STDs can lead to certain kinds of cancers, fertility problems, neurological (brain) problems and death.

Diseases that are spread by sexual contact, including chlamydia infection, gonorrhea, genital warts, herpes, syphilis, and infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

Diseases which are transmitted through sexual contact. Some can cause pelvic infections and lead to infertility by damaging or destroying the fallopian tubes.

Also called venereal disease or VD, these are diseases passed between people through sexual contact and are caused by bacteria, viruses or other parasites. Gonorrhea, syphilis, HIV are some examples of STDs.

Those illness that are communicated to another person via sexual contact.

Various diseases transmitted by sexual contact that include the classic venereal diseases (such as syphilis, gonorrhea, and chancroid) and other diseases (such as hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and AIDS) often contracted by sexual means.

any disease - such as syphilis, gonorrhea, herpes, genital warts or AIDS - which can be passed to another person during sexual activity.

Any disease that is communicated primarily or exclusively through intimate sexual contact. Commonly transmitted STDs include chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, genital herpes, and HIV infection. STDs are a common cause of infertility.

Also referred to as STDs. Any of a diverse group of infections caused by biologically dissimilar pathogens and transmitted by sexual contact.

infection caused by germs that are spread through sexual contact.

infections passed from person to person by sexual contact