Women who have sex with women are a diverse group with a wide spectrum of risk for sexually-transmitted infections.
Sexually-transmitted infections may include:
(1) bacterial vaginosis
(2) Chlamydia
(3) Neisseria gonorrhoeae
(4) HIV
(5) hepatitis A, B or C
(6) syphilis
(7) trichimonas
Risk factors for a sexually-transmitted infection include:
(1) intravenous drug abuse
(2) sex with partners who engage in intravenous drug abuse
(3) number of male sex partners
(4) number of female sex partners
(5) being a sex worker
(6) oral-anal contact
(7) poor access to health and mental health care
(8) failure to use barrier protection during high risk activities
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Specialty: Infectious Diseases
