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1.

Most women infected with chlamydia have no symptoms.

2.

Most men infected with gonorrhea have no symptoms.

3.

Herpes can easily be cured with antibiotics.

4.

A latex condom can be penetrated by the virus causing AIDS.

5.

As long as they have no symptoms, infected women and men cannot transmit trichomonas to another person.

6.

In the past, gonorrhea was widely known as "the French disease".

7.

Scabies is caused by pubic lice.

8.

HPV infections are easily curable with antibiotics.

9.

Gonorrhea is easily curable with antibiotics.

10.

People can be infected with syphilis without having any symptoms.

11.

People can be infested with scabies without having any symptoms.

12.

People can be infected with HPV without having any symptoms.

13.

A condom provides complete protection against HPV infection.

14.

Syphilis cannot be transmitted from an infected mother to her baby.

15.

AIDS is another name for HIV infection.

16.

Gonorrhea is more common in young people than in older people.

17.

Genital herpes is easily curable with antibiotics.

18.

LGV is easily curable with antibiotics.

19.

The confirmation test for HIV antibodies is called ELISA.

20.

People can have several STDs at the same time.

21.

Trichomoniasis is more common than syphilis.

22.

Syphilis is more common than HIV/AIDS.

23.

Females cannot infect other females with trichomonisas.

24.

It is possible that a person infected with HIV has no symptoms for many years.

25.

Chancroid is also called "hard chancre"

26.

Granuloma inguinale venereum is also called Donovanosis

27.

Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) is caused by 3 subtypes of chlamydia trachomatis.

28.

Pubic lice infest only pubic hair.

29.

HBV is less contagious than HIV.

30.

There is no vaccine against HBV.

31.

There is no vaccine against HPV.

32.

UNAIDS is an agency of the US government.

33.

The first "safe sex guidelines" were developed by the US government.

34.

The terms "STD" and "STI" have the same meaning.

35.

Curable STDs are more common in Africa than in Asia.

36.

Genital herpes can be passed from mother to child during birth.

37.

Genital warts are caused by bacteria.

38.

HIV can be transmitted through saliva, sweat, and tears.

39.

There are more cases of chlamydia in Africa than in Asia.

40.

There are over 40 diseases that can be transmitted sexually.

41.

Chancroid is caused by a virus.

42.

The first stage of syphilis is characterized by a skin rash.

43.

The STDs caused by bacteria are curable today.

44.

Newborns of a mother infected with gonorrhea run the risk of blindness unless treated immediately after birth.

45.

Newborns of a mother infected with trichomoniasis run the risk of blindness unless treated immediately after birth.

46.

The ulcers of chancroid are not contagious.

47.

An infection with syphilis increases the risk of an infection with HIV.

48.

An infection with gonorrhea increases the risk of an infection with HIV.

49.

As early as 1986 the US Surgeon General recommended the use of condoms for the prevention of AIDS.

50.

LGV cannot be transmitted through anal intercourse.

51.

A pregnant woman infected with trichomoniasis runs the risk of giving birth prematurely.

52.

The color of the "AIDS ribbon" is black.

53.

A traditional name of the condom was and is "prophylactic".

54.

"Natural" condoms made of sheep gut offer the same protection against HIV infection as latex condoms.

55.

Condoms are likely to break if used together with Vaseline or other fat-based lubricants.

56.

Rubber condoms first became available in the 19th century.

58.

The number of new HIV infections world-wide in 2003 was under 3 million.

59.

The lives of HIV/AIDS patients cannot be extended by antiretroviral treatments.

60.

The Catholic church recommends the use of condoms for the prevention of HIV/AIDS

61.

Providing free clean needles to intravenous drug users has not proved to be helpful in preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS.

62.

An infestation with pubic lice increases the risk of an infection with HIV.

63.

It is unsafe to drink from a glass that has just been used by an AIDS patient.

64.

HIV can be transmitted by mosquitoes.

65.

In women, untreated gonorrhea can lead to infertility.

66.

"Safer sex" practices have not slowed down the spread of HIV/AIDS.

67.

People who have been cured of syphilis are immune to new syphilitic infections.

68.

Condoms offer complete protection against scabies.

69.

The prevention strategy ABC stands for Antibiotics, Being faithful, and Condom use.

70.

The skin rash of syphilis is infectious.

71.

LGV is rare in tropical countries.

72.

HPV infections have been linked to both cervical and oral cancer.

73.

There are many different types of HPVs

74.

A mother infected with HBV can transmit the virus to her baby during or shortly after birth.

75.

HPV may produce jaundice.