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• Candidiasis Overview
  CandidiasisOverview Candidiasis is a common infection caused by Candida fungi, especially Candida albicans. Candida species are ubiquitous fungi found throughout the world as normal body flora, but...
  
  
• Chancroid Overview
  ChancroidOverview Chancroid is a sexually transmitted infectious disease characterized by painful ulcers, bubo formation, and painful inguinal lymphadenopathy. The causative organism, Haemophilus...
  
  
• Chlamydia Overview
  ChlamydiaOverview Chlamydia is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases. The term "Chlamydia" derives from the name of the bacterial genus Chlamydia in the family Chlamydiaceae, class and...
  
  
• Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Overview
  Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Overview Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a common virus that infects people of all ages. It is a genus of Herpes viruses which is known as Human herpesvirus 5 (HHV-5) in humans....
  
  
• Donovanosis Overview
  DonovanosisOverview Donovanosis, also termed as Granuloma Inguinale (GI) is a primarily sexually transmitted bacterial disease in which characteristic intracellular inclusions called Donovan bodies...
  
  
• Genital Herpes Overview
  Genital HerpesOverview Genital herpes is a highly contagious sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV). There are two types of herpes simplex virus which are...
  
  
• Genital Herpes Symptoms And Treatment
  Genital HerpesSymptoms And Treatment SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS HSV2 infection occurs in two stages: The primary stage appears 2-20 days after exposure to the virus. Many primary infections are asymptomatic....
  
  
• Gonorrhea Overview
  GonorrheaOverview Gonorrhea (also known as "the clap" or "drip") is a highly contagious sexually transmitted disease, one of the most common and oldest known. It is caused by the Neisseria...
  
  
• Hepatitis B Overview
  HepatitisBOverview Hepatitis is a general term which means inflammation of the liver. This inflammation of the liver can have different causes: infection, a disorder of the immune system, or exposure...
  
  
• Hepatitis B Symptoms And Treatment
  HepatitisBSymptoms And Treatment SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS Hepatitis B has an incubation period that ranges from 6 weeks to 6 months and the manifestations of the disease depend on the age at infection, the...
  
  
• HIV AIDS Signs And Symptoms
  HIV AIDSSigns And Symptoms The symptoms of an HIV infection diverse, ranging from an acute syndrome associated with primary infection to a prolonged asymptomatic state to advanced disease. HIV...
  
  
• HIV AIDS Overview
  HIV AIDSOverview The immunodeficiency virus or HIV is the virus that causes Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), a disease in which the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening...
  
  
• Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Overview
  Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Overview Papillomaviruses are a group of DNA-based viruses which affect the skin and mucous membranes of a wide variety of animals. There have been detected more than 100...
  
  
• Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) Overview
  Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV)Overview Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV), also known as lymphopatia venereal, tropical bubo, climatic bubo, strumous bubo, poradenitis inguinales, Durand-Nicolas-Favre...
  
  
• Molluscum Contagiosum Overview
  Molluscum ContagiosumOverview Molluscum contagiosum (MC) is a benign viral disease of the skin caused by molluscum contagiosum virus (MCV) a member of the poxvirus group that affects both children...
  
  
• NonGonococcal Urethritis Overview
  NonGonococcal UrethritisOverview NonGonococcal Urethritis, sometimes called nonspecific urethritis (NSU), is a term used to describe any inflammation of the urethra that is not caused by the...
  
  
• Other Types Of Syphilis
  Other Types Of Syphilis Other types of Syplilis include: Tertiary syphilis usually appears within 3-10 years of infection. The typical lesion is a gumma (local lesion with soft tumor-like formations,...
  
  
• Pubic Lice Overview
  Pubic LiceOverview Pubic lice, Pthirus pubis (also called 'crabs' because of their resemblance ) are one of three kinds of human lice in the large group of lice families, the others being Pediculus...
  
  
• Scabies Overview
  ScabiesOverview Scabies is an intensely pruritic (itchy) skin infestation caused by the host-specific mite, Sarcoptes scabiei var hominis. These mites burrow into the top layer of human skin to lay...
  
  
• Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Overview
  Severe Acute Respiratory SyndromeOverview Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a serious, potentially life-threatening viral infection in humans caused by a previously unrecognized virus from...
  
  
• Syphilis Overview
  SyphilisOverview Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by the spirochete bacterium Treponema pallidum. It is almost always transmitted through sexual contact with infectious lesions, but...
  
  
• Syphilis Signs And Symptoms
  SyphilisSigns And Symptoms Syphilis usually has an incubation period of approximately 10 up to 90 days, with an average of 3 weeks. This is when primary Syphilis appears. Syphilis symptoms occur in...
  
  
• Trichomoniasis Overview
  TrichomoniasisOverview Trichomoniasis ("trich" or the ping pong disease) is a parasitical sexually transmitted disease caused by the parasite Trichomonas vaginalis that affects both men and women. It...
  
  
• What Are STDs
  What are STDs? STD stands for Sexually Transmitted Disease. These are diseases caused by a pathogen (e.g. virus, bacterium, parasite, fungus), transmitted between humans mainly through sexual...
  
  
• What Types Of STDs Are There
  What Types Of STDs Are There? STDs are divided into several groups according to their pathogenic causes: BACTERIAL:  Chancroid (Haemophillius ducreyi); Chlamydia infection (Chlamydia...