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Question
What are Sexually Transitted Diseases (STD)? List two viral and two bacterial STDs.
Solution
STDs are diseases that spread via sexual contact
Bacterial STDs : Gonorrhoea – Neisseria gonorrhoea Syphilis – Treponema pallidium
Viral STDs : Genital herpes – Herpes Simplex virus (HSV) AIDS – HIV
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