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Test Your Knowledge About Sexually Transmitted Diseases


Answer "true" or "false" to the following questions. Then check your answers to find out how much you already know about sexually transmitted diseases.

  1. Chlamydia is the most common bacterial sexually transmitted disease in the United States.
    True    False
  2. Men and women infected with a sexually transmitted disease always develop symptoms when the infection first occurs.
    True    False
  3. Young adults run the greatest risk for acquiring a sexually transmitted disease.
    True    False
  4. All sexually transmitted diseases can be cured.
    True    False
  5. Female infertility can result from infections of untreated sexually transmitted diseases.
    True    False
  6. People infected with genital herpes (Herpes Simplex Virus- Type 2) can only pass the infection to someone else during the time that they have blisters or sores in the genital region.
    True    False
  7. HIV infection can be passed from a mother to her unborn child.
    True    False
  8. People who have another sexually transmitted disease such as chlamydia, herpes and gonorrhea are at greater risk for contracting HIV.
    True    False

Sources:

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Institute of Medicine

  • This screening assessment was reviewed and updated June 2007.

       
     
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