Tag: Non-STI STIs
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Zika Virus: A New STI?
Over the past several months, new reports in the US have focused on a “new” threat: the zika virus. Until recently, zika was believed to be transmitted only by mosquitoes, but there is now new evidence for sexual transmission. Some History The zika virus has been around at least since the 1950s. It was originally…
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STI: Scabies
Scabies is the common name for a parasitic infection, specifically this parasite: These microscopic invaders not only make a meal of dead skin, like most mites, they actually burrow into human skin to create little dens for laying eggs. Picture a field for of rabbit burrows. Now picture that field is your skin and the…