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HIV
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Organism Classification
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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a lentivirus (a member of the retrovirus family) that can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), a condition in human in which the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening...
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Disease cause
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Syphilis
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Disease or medical condition
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Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by the spirochetal bacterium Treponema pallidum pallidum. The route of transmission of syphilis is almost always through sexual contact, although there are examples of congenital syphilis via...
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Cause Of Death
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Human papillomavirus
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Disease or medical condition
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A human papillomavirus (HPV) is a papillomavirus that infects the skin and mucous membrane of human. Approximately 130 HPV types have been identified. Some HPV types cause wart (verrucae) or cancer, while others have no symptoms.
About 30-40 HPV...
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Organism Classification
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Chlamydia
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Disease or medical condition
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Chlamydia infection (from the Greek, χλαμύδος meaning "cloak") is a common sexually transmitted infection (STI) in humans caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. The term Chlamydia infection can also refer to infection caused by any species...
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Herpes simplex
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Disease or medical condition
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Herpes simplex is a viral disease caused by Herpes simplex virus; both herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) and herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2) cause herpes simplex. Infection with the herpes virus is categorized into one of several distinct disorders...
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Gonorrhoea
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Disease or medical condition
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Gonorrhea (also gonorrhoea), caused by the bacteria Neisseria gonorrhoeae, is the second most common sexually transmitted disease in the world after HIV/AIDS.
Non-genital sites in which it thrives are in the rectum, the throat (oropharynx), and the...
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