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Connection Between HIV and STIs
If a person has an STI, he or she is 2-5 times more likely to contract HIV
If a person has an STI and HIV, he or she is more likely to infect a sexual partner with HIV
Genital ulcers from syphilis, chancroid or herpes result in breaks in the mucosa of the genital tract or skin and a way for the HIV virus to enter
If a patient has an inflammatory STI like gonorrhea, chlamydia, or trichomonas, he or she has increased cells in the genitalia that the HIV virus can infect such as CD4+ lymphocytes
STIs can increase the risk of an HIV-infected person transmitting the virus to his or her sex partners because they shed more HIV in genital secretions
Concentration of HIV in semen is 10 times higher in men with gonorrhea and HIV than those who only have HIV, for example
Treating STIs in HIV-infected persons decreases the amount of HIV in their genital secretions
Patients being tested or treated for STIs should also be tested for HIV
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