This common infection that affects millions of women is actually an STI
For decades, bacterial vaginosis has been treated as a women’s health issue—but new research suggests treating male partners ...
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This Common Infection Is Actually an STI, According to New Study
We’ve suspected for a long time that it’s a sexually transmitted infection (STI), because it has a similar incubation period ...
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Bacterial infection common in women may actually be an STI: Study
"We’ve suspected for a long time that it’s a sexually transmitted infection (STI)," one of the researchers said.
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Is Bacterial Vaginosis an STI? Researchers Say Yes—Here’s Why It Matters
The study found that treating both men and women in a couple for the ... that means you can’t officially call BV an STI. Also, men do not typically show any symptoms of BV.
Landmark study on common women's infection: Treat the male partner
Health experts say an Australian study linking sexual activity to an infection that 1 in 3 U.S. women contract has provided a ...
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‘Stubborn, distressing’ infection affecting women is actually an STI
They found that when treating BV as an STI, with both sexual partners treated simultaneously, it achieved significantly higher cure rates than the current practice of only treating women.
When a female partner is diagnosed, men should consider getting tested and treated
Currently, only women are treated after reporting bacterial vaginosis. Now research indicates that bacterial ...
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New STI impacts 1 in 3 women: Landmark study reveals men are the missing link
A landmark study reveals that bacterial vaginosis (BV), a condition affecting nearly a third of women worldwide and causing infertility, premature births and newborn deaths, is in fact an STI, paving ...