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Also Known As sexually transmitted infection • STD • venereal disease • VD

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Treponema pallidum
chlamydia; sexually transmitted disease
Trichomonas vaginalis
crab louse; Phthirus pubis
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Peter Piot
Belgian microbiologist

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