• What is the difference between the terms venereal disease (VD) and sexually transmitted disease (STD)?
• Why is the distinction of viral vs bacterial STDs an important one? Which STDs are considered viral? Which are considered bacterial?
• What does AIDS stand for? Why is this an appropriate name for this disease?
• How was it determined that AIDS was a disease of the immune system?
• Which two rare diseases do people with full blown AIDS tend to get and die from?
• What happens to the body’s immune system when someone has AIDS? What type of cell is affected and how?
• What is the t cell count of someone who has full blown AIDS? of someone susceptible to opportunistic infection? of a healthy person? What is an opportunistic infection?
• Describe the progression of the disease when someone has been infected with HIV. What is HIV?
• How does an AIDS test work? Why should it be taken twice?
• What is ARC? What are the symptoms of it?
• What are some behaviors that place people at risk for contracting HIV? Why are these behaviors risky?
• What is meant by the term “bodily fluids”?
• Why are college students are risk for contracting HIV?
• What are some safer sex behaviors?
• What is the difference between Type 1 and Type 2 Herpes? Do these type of infections occur in only one area of the body?
• How is herpes transmitted?
• What is autoinoculation?
• What are the 3 stages of a genital herpes outbreak?
• What happens to the herpes virus when it is dormant? What “wakes up” the dromant virus? How do subsequent herpes outbreaks occur?
• What are prodromal symptoms? trigger factors? What are some examples of trigger factors?
• What causes genital warts? What do they look like? Where are they likely to appear? What is their primary mode of transmission?
• What kinds of complications can arise if genital warts are not treated?
• How common is chlamydia? What is its primary mode of transmission?
• What types of symptoms accompany chlamydia? Do all people have symptoms?
• What complications can arise if chlamydia is not treated?
• What is the primary mode of transmission for gonorrhea (clap)?
• What type of symptoms are associated with gonorrhea? Do all people have symptoms?
• What type of complications can arise if gonorrhea is not treated?
• What is Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)? How is it related to gonorrhea?
• What is the primary mode of transmission for syphilis? How can babies become infected prenatally? What can happen to the baby in the case of prenatal transmission?
• What are the four stages of syphilis? What symptoms occur in each stage?
• What are the symptoms of pubic lice (crabs)? How are they transmitted?
• What are scabies? What are their symptoms? How are they transmitted?
• What causes gardnerella vaginalis? trichomoniasis? moniliasis? How are these infections the same? How are they different?

This is not necessarily a complete list of topics covered. Please consult your text and lecture notes for omissions.
 

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