Psychology (paperback) (4th Edition)
Psychology (paperback) (4th Edition)
4th Edition
ISBN: 9780205973361
Author: Saundra K. Ciccarelli, J. Noland White
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 10.9, Problem 2QFD
Summary Introduction

To determine:

The way through which someone can try to educate people who do not understand how HIV is spread.

Introduction:

Sexually transmitted disease or STD is a type of infectious disease which is transmitted from one infected person to another by sexual intercourse, affected needles, semen, blood transfusion, and so on. The examples of some STDs are HIV, gonorrhea, syphilis and so on. These STDs may be caused by bacteria, virus, yeast, and protozoa. The sexually transmitted diseases are also known as venereal disease.

The human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus which is a causative agent of HIV/AIDS. This virus has RNA as a genetic material which shows a rapid rate of mutation. Syncytia formation is also a virulence factor associated with the causative agent.

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