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  • If you have herpes, HPV, or any other STI, you should go see a doctor.

    January 13, 2008

  • Kewpid, is it STI in Australia? What does it stand for?

    I'm asking because (in the U.S. at least) I've always heard the acronym is STD. (Also I think HIV is not always sexually transmitted...)

    January 14, 2008

  • STI stands for sexually transmitted infection. I think doctors and others prefer this term nowadays because not all of the stuff you can get is necessarily a 'disease'.

    Here's a better explanation.

    January 14, 2008

  • Ah, I see. Thanks!

    January 14, 2008

  • Thanks for the spam patrol Kewpid, I deleted the offending comments and nuked that user. Good information about HIV can be found at Wikipedia and the Center for Disease Control.

    January 14, 2008

  • John, he/she/it's at it again....

    January 16, 2008

  • That's a particularly rank form of spam, ain't it?

    January 16, 2008

  • I wholeheartedly agree.

    January 16, 2008