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Mar 25, 2024 · A sexually transmitted infection (STI) is a virus, bacteria, fungus, or parasite people can get through sexual contact. A sexually transmitted disease (STD) develops because of an STI and the term implies that the infection has led to some symptom of disease.
Learn about the common STIs in humans and animals, how they are transmitted, and how they affect health and evolution. Find out how animal research can help develop vaccines and treatments for human STIs.
Sep 8, 2008 · The most common sexually transmitted disease among animals today is brucellosis, or undulant fever, which is common among domestic livestock and occurs in mammals including dogs, goats, deer, and rats.
May 9, 2018 · Adult koalas catch chlamydia just as people do — through sexual transmission — but young koalas can also become infected by eating pap, a nutritious type of feces, when it is excreted by...
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The following series of concise summaries addresses the evolution of infectious agents in relation to sex in animals and humans from the perspective of three specific questions: (1) what have we learned about the likely origin and phylogeny, up to the establishment of the infectious agent in the genital econiche, including the relative frequency...
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES IN ANIMALS: ECOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY IMPLICATIONS. ANN B. LOCKHART, PETER H. THRALL, JANIS ANTONOVICS. , First published: August 1996. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-185X.1996.tb01281.x. Citations: 211. PDF.
