chancroid

Chancroid is known to spread from one individual to another solely through sexual contact.

Chancroid has been known to humans since time of ancient Greeks.

Other experts say there is no biological reason to think ulcers caused by chancroid are more dangerous than others.

Chancroid afflicts far more men than women.

Chancroid is more common in Africa and in Asia.

Because chancroid is such a visible disease, among men, at least, with most patients actively seeking treatment, it should be susceptible to eradication.

Most sexually active people with genital ulcers have herpes, syphilis, or chancroid.

There are many differences and similarities between the conditions syphilitic chancre and chancroid.

Chancroid, first described as a distinct disease in the mid-19th century, has traditionally thrived amid poverty and war.

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Additionally, similar research was also conducted on the transmission and prophylaxis of gonorrhea and chancroid.

Differences between the conditions chancre and chancroid:

For an individual, though, chancroid is a far more powerful multiplier of the AIDS risk.

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Despite many distinguishing features, the clinical spectrums of following diseases may overlap with chancroid:

Some studies have not found as powerful an effect as with chancroid, perhaps because the sores are not likely to fester as much.

Genital ulcer diseases include genital herpes, syphilis, and chancroid.

Other Pasteurellaceae cause gingivitis and chancroid in humans and many others are important veterinary pathogens.

In particular, transmission appears to be boosted by those that cause genital sores such as syphilis and, above all, chancroid, which causes festering ulcers.

Two percent of the men overall developed AIDS antibodies during the study period but 5 percent of those who had come in with chancroid did.

Male circumcision and risk of syphilis, chancroid, and genital herpes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Some people who have chancroid are also infected with syphilis or genital herpes (HSV).

Vaccine Shown Effective Against Chancroid in Medical News Today (May 9, 2006).

Chancroid (Haemophilus ducreyi)

Among the less-known diseases are these: * Chancroid, a bacterial disease that causes genital ulcers and enlarged lymph nodes in the groin.