Word: chancroid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Cameron and others at the conference also reported that men with genital ulcers -- caused by such infections as herpes simplex 2, syphilis or chancroid -- were three times as vulnerable to the AIDS virus as those who were lesion free. "An ulcer breaks the integrity of the skin and allows infected blood to come into contact with a sexual partner," says Cameron. Thus, he adds, controlling treatable diseases like herpes and educating uncircumcised men about their risk could make a slight dent in the so far incurable scourge...
...AIDS passes more easily to victims of other sexually transmitted diseases. "This has been a common denominator in all our cases," says Thomas C. Quinn, a senior investigator at the National Institutes of Health who has been studying the disease in Africa, where syphilis, gonorrhea, herpes and chancroid are common in AIDS victims. Quinn has observed a similar pattern in New York City and Miami. "Genital inflammation may increase susceptibility," says Quinn. "The virus may gain access via breaks in the skin due to sexually transmitted diseases...
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