Name Date Section
Facts About Sexually Transmitted Diseases  

Familiarize yourself with different types of sexually transmitted diseases by completing the chart below.

  Early symptoms Potential long-term effects Diagnosis and treatment
HIV infection
Chlamydia
Gonorrhea
Pelvic inflammatory disease
Genital warts
(HPV infection)
Genital herpes
Hepatitis B
Syphilis



INTERNET ACTIVITY
Visit several of the sites listed in the For More Information section of Chapter 18 in your text (Chapter 13 in the brief version)--or do a Web search--to complete one of the following activities.

  1. Find information on STD prevention and safer sex. Look for strategies for talking with a sex partner, saying no to sex or drugs, or using a condom correctly.

  2. Find information about a recent development or advance in HIV incidence, treatment, prevention, or testing. Look for a site with news posted within the past month.


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