In: Anatomy and Physiology
which Sexually Transmitted Infection poses the greatest risk to the American public
Answer:
STDs (Sexually transmitted diseases) are the diseases which gets transmitted through either of the below mentioned methods;
a) By physical contacts
b) Infected mother to fetus
c) Sharing of syringes
d) Blood transfusions made between an infected to a non infected
The different agents to cause the STDs are the bacteria, and the viruses.
According to the CDC (Centre of disease control); American population is most prone to the STD named HPV.
HPV is the disease caused by the Human papilloma virus. The virus is known to have reportedly affected nearly 79 million of the American population. The virus is known to have caused the wars over the genitals of the affected persons. Also the chances of cancer within the genitals get related with the disease. As of now there is no cure to the disease and still researches are being conducted for the drug discovery for the disease to be cured.
Apart from HPV; the other common STD includes the gonorrhea which is a bacterial disease caused by Neisseria gonnorhoea and chlymiadiasis caused by Chlamydia.