HIV and STDs

Question 1

How many people currently live with HIV?

Answer 1

34 million people

Question 2

What is the dominant mode of HIV spread worldwide?

Answer 2

Heterosexual transmission

Question 3

What is the dominant mode of HIV spread in the UK?

Answer 3

Men who have sex with men

Question 4

What is the most common bacterial cause of STI?

Answer 4

Chlamydia trachomatis

Question 5

How can Chlamydia be spread?

Answer 5

1. Mothers to infants through birth canal

2. Sex

Question 6

What does genital Chlamydia cause?

Answer 6

Cervicitis, dysuria, pyuria, perihepatitis, PID

Urethritis, epididymitis, prostatitis, arthritis

Question 7

How is chlamydia diagnosed?

Answer 7

Nucleic acid amplification

Question 8

Which age group is most infected with Chlamydia?

Answer 8

16 - 24

Question 9

What is a growing problem with gonorrhoea infection?

Answer 9

Drug resistance

Especially ciprofloxacin-resistant strains

Question 10

In which groups is syphilis resurging?

Answer 10

Men who have sex with men

Question 11

Which HPV serotypes are genital warts associated with?

Answer 11

HPV 6 and 11

Question 12

How does herpes simplex infection affect HIV transmission?

Answer 12

HSV infection facilitates HIV infection