Prevention
This barrier method reduces the risk of HIV, chlamydia, and gonorrhea transmission.
What is a condom?
HIV and HPV belong to this category of STI.
What are viral STIs?
This age group accounts for nearly half of all new STI cases in the U.S.
What are people 15–24 years old (young adults)?
Bacterial STIs such as gonorrhea and chlamydia are primarily treated with this.
What are antibiotics?
This one-time vaccine protects against several strains of HPV.
What is the HPV vaccine?
Chlamydia and gonorrhea belong to this category of STI.
What are bacterial STIs?
This STI is the most commonly reported bacterial STI in the U.S.
What is chlamydia?
While viral STIs can’t be cured, this type of medication helps manage HIV.
What are antiretroviral medications (ART)?
This daily medication can reduce the risk of acquiring HIV by up to 99%.
What is PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis)?
Trichomoniasis is this type of infection, which is caused by a parasite.
What is a protozoan STI?
Approximately, this fraction of people with an STI have no symptoms.
What is 1 in 2 (or about 50%)?
This medication is used to treat herpes outbreaks and reduce transmission risk.
What is an antiviral, such as acyclovir or valacyclovir?
Reducing the number of these can lower the likelihood of STI exposure.
What are sexual partners?
This viral STI causes painful blisters and can lie dormant for life.
What is herpes (HSV-1 or HSV-2)?
The CDC estimates that how many new STIs occur each year in the U.S.
What is about 20 million?
This single-dose treatment cures trichomoniasis.
What is metronidazole (Flagyl)?
This form of STI prevention involves testing and treating both partners before engaging in sexual activity.
What is mutual monogamy with testing?
Syphilis progresses through stages including primary, secondary, latent, and this severe final stage.
What is tertiary syphilis?
This percentage of sexually active people will get HPV at some point in their lives.
What is over 80%?
Early-stage syphilis is effectively treated with an injection of this antibiotic.
What is penicillin (specifically benzathine penicillin G)?