Viral+STDs

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Definition:
Sexually transmitted diseases that are caused by viruses and are considered to be incurable. p339 gen psych pp338-342 Chapter 10

Related Pages:

 * @HIV
 * AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Disorder)
 * @STDs (Sexually Transmitted Diseases)
 * @Bacterial STDs

Examples:

 * AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)
 * Herpes
 * Human papillomavirus

Analogies:

 * A unhappy customer service personnel is like an STD: Just one bad call can ruin everyone's day.
 * Genes are like STDs; they're transferred sexually

Mnemonics:
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In the News:
[|Did STDs Help Human Beings Evolve?] Geneticists in the early 1900s believed that nature—in an effort to avoid wasting precious space within chromosomes—would pack as many genes into each chromosome as possible. So when these geneticists started mapping genes—that is, determining where exactly genes sat along the length of chromosomes—they assumed that genes must almost bump up against each other in a tight archipelago, like Alaska’s Aleutian Islands. Not so. In reality, protein-producing DNA is exceedingly rare, scattered like the Micronesian islands across vast chromosomal Pacific Oceans.

[|AIDS-Free Generation? Researchers Show New Optimism About the Dreaded Disease] An AIDS-free generation: It seems an audacious goal, considering how the HIV epidemic still is raging around the world. Yet more than 20,000 international HIV researchers and activists will gather in the nation's capital later this month with a sense of optimism not seen in many years – hope that it finally may be possible to dramatically stem the spread of the AIDS virus.

[|End to AIDS Epidemic: Is It Near?] “I was 3 years old when my parents found out I had AIDS, and the doctors told my adoptive parents that I wouldn’t live to be 5 years old,” says 28-year old Hydeia Broadbent. In the 1980s, few treatment options were available for children like Broadbent, so her parents took her to the National Institute of Health for experimental treatment. Nearly three decades later, as a testament to this treatment, she is still alive.

[|Battling HIV, Via Tweets and Text Messages] On a date in Manhattan and need protection? There's an app for that -- sponsored by the New York City Department of Health and powered by GPS, it guides users to nearby locations with free condoms.

[|Hepatitis.... It's Closer Than You Think] World Hepatitis Day (WHD) is an annual event that grants special focus on patient groups and people living with Hepatitis B and C. WHD aims at raising global awareness on the two diseases besides encouraging their prevention, diagnosis and treatment. This year, the theme of World Hepatitis Day is - It`s closer than you think. On 28 July 2012, every year the world comes together to mark World Hepatitis Day and raise awareness about the viral disease.