Question

Match the following sexually transmitted disease (column-I) with their causative agent(column-II) and select the correct option.

Answer 1

Hint:- Diseases that are transmitted through sexual intercourse with the infected person leads to sexually transmitted diseases or venereal disease. Causative agents can be bacteria, viruses, protozoa, fungi, nematodes.

Complete Answer:-
The correct options are.
A. Gonorrhea is caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae which is a bacteria.
B. Syphilis is caused by treponema pallidum which is a bacteria.
C. Genital warts are caused by human papilloma-virus.
D. AIDS is caused by HIV virus( human immunodeficiency virus).

Additional information: Modes of transmission of STDs are sexual intercourse with infected persons, or sharing of needles and any other sort of surgical instruments, and transfusion of bloods.
Prevention: a person should avoid having sex with unknown partner, usage of condom should always be encouraged, in case of a doubt doctor should be consulted as soon as possible. Adolescents are most vulnerable. Most of the diseases have minor initial symptoms such as itching, fluid discharge, slight pain and swelling etc. The Government of India is taking some special intitians to promote reproductive health care programmes in order to prevent the early occurrence and detection of sexually transmitted diseases and to cure them. Except HIV , hepatitis-B and genital herpes all the other sexually transmitted diseases are completely curable if detected early and treatment is given properly as sometimes the infected person can remain asymptomatic for years.

Note:- The other sexually transmitted diseases are candidiasis caused by fungi candida albicans, genital herpes caused by herpes simplex virus, hepatitis-B caused by hepatitis B virus, trichomonasis caused by trichomonas vaginaslis which is a protozoan.