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How is HIV transmission related to other STDs?

The results of multiple studies clearly point to demonstrate a strong causal relationship between the presence of other STDs and the transmission of HIV. STDs (including those which cause ulcerative lesions (e.g. herpes) and those which cause inflammation (e.g. gonorrhea and chlamydia) increase likelihood of HIV transmission many-fold. HIV and other STDs are connected in at least four ways.

  • Similar behaviors put people at risk for both HIV and other STDs;
  • The presence of an STD can make people more susceptible to infection with HIV;
  • People co-infected with HIV and another STD can more easily transmit HIV infection to others; and
  • People with HIV and other STDs may have more frequent and serious symptoms related to those infections.

For more information see: The HIV-STD Connection (November 1998)

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Updated: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 at 01:40 PM

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