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What are the Risk Factors for Acquiring an STD?(sexually transmitted disease)
By definition, an STD is an infection that can be passed from one person to another through sexual contact. Theoreticaliy, anyone who is sexually active is at risk of acquiring an STD. In reality, however, one's risk of becoming infected depends on a number of factors-some biological, others behavioral.
Biological Risks
Women are at greater risk of acquiring an STD than men, because anatomical differences make these diseases more easily transmissible to (as well as more difficult to diagnose in) women. (20) In a single act of unprotected intercourse with an infected partner, for example, a woman is twice as likely as a man to contract gonorrhea, ...
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