FreeMD® Venereal Disease Transmission

Venereal Disease

Transmission

Venereal Disease Transmission

Facts about venereal disease transmission:

Venereal disease is spread during oral sex, vaginal sex, or anal sex.

Continue to Venereal Disease Anatomy

Related Conditions

Chancroid
Genital warts
Hepatitis C
Herpes genitalis
HIV infection
LGV infection
PID
STD in males
Syphilis
Trichomonas vaginitis

Vaginitis Checkup

STD Checkup

Pain during urination
Penile discharge
Penile sore
Vaginal discharge
Vaginal sores

freeMD is provided for information purposes only and should not be used as a substitute for evaluation and treatment by a physician. Please review our terms of use.

Last Updated: Aug 25, 2008 References

Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD

Site Map

Venereal Disease References:

Aledort JE, Hook EW 3rd, Weinstein MC, Goldie SJ. The cost effectiveness of gonorrhea screening in urban emergency departments. Sex Transm Dis. 2005 Jul;32(7):425-36.
Dicker LW, Mosure DJ, Berman SM, Levine WC. Gonorrhea prevalence and coinfection with chlamydia in women in the United States, 2000. Sex Transm Dis. 2003 May;30(5):472-6.
Mark KE, Gunn RA. Gonorrhea surveillance: estimating epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of reported cases using a sample survey methodology. Sex Transm Dis. 2004 Apr;31(4):215-20.
Miller WC, Zenilman JM. Epidemiology of chlamydial infection, gonorrhea, and trichomoniasis in the United States--2005. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2005 Jun;19(2):281-96.
Phipps W, Stanley H, Kohn R, Stansell J, Klausner JD. Syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea screening in HIV-infected patients in primary care, San Francisco, California, 2003. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2005 Aug;19(8):495-8.
Rosenman MB, Kraft SK, Harezlak J, Mahon BE, Katz BP, Wang J, Arno JN. Syphilis testing in association with gonorrhea/chlamydia testing during a syphilis outbreak. Am J Public Health. 2004 Jul;94(7):1124-6.