Talk:Sexually transmitted infection

Venereal disease

I would like the old term VD - Venereal Disease to be preserved, a country which protects its "reputation" in an unsavoury fashion from its own citizens´legal international recourse is notable for promoting the spread of VD - Venereal Disease via encouraging its acceptance as a natural disease, when practice has proven it is not but is the direct result of prostitution, and secondarily of intercourse with grossly promiscuous individuals who may have had physical relation with an infected individual who has had intercourse with another infected individual so that the chain of individuals can lead on to prostitution. Moreover today the WHO and the police worldwide in effect promote the spread of VD through never sufficiently isolated and protected full physical examinations and body searches, which also applies to prisons. 77.54.42.69 (talk) 19:00, 12 February 2013‎ (UTC)

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Definition

User:TylerDurden8823 To be defined as an STI requires that the disease be "commonly spread by sexual activity". With respect to adding:

• Neisseria meningitidis
• Shigella
• Zika virus (semen)

For N. meningitis we have a few cases[1]. For Shigella this is not a common route. For Zika maybe. Will look for a source.

Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 09:13, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

We have the CDC here https://www.cdc.gov/zika/hc-providers/clinical-guidance/sexualtransmission.html still not sure if I would classify it as an STI though.

We do have this section Sexually_transmitted_infection#Viruses_in_semen were we state that these infections can be spread but are not STIs per say. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 09:22, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

Some literature and sources are starting to suggest Shigella as an emerging STI on closer look. It may be slightly too soon for N. meningitidis though there was a cluster of ~300 cases (so not exactly what I would call super rare or "a few" necessarily), but as you say, I see the definition on our page emphasizes it being common. Although Zika is known to be spread through sexual contact, it's possible that it's not "officially" listed as one just yet. TylerDurden8823 (talk) 17:26, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

STI vs STD

Autisticeditor 20 has been on what I can only describe as a crusade against all mentions of the phrase "sexually transmitted disease", in favor of "sexually transmitted infection". I'm interested in seeing if such moves are necessary; I would think that both are essentially synonyms and it does not matter as long as there is consistency within each article. Anonymous 03:03, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

@Autisticeditor 20: and @George Ho: I'm pinging both of you due to your connection to this article and the discussion subject. Anonymous 02:00, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

I've not been involved with the article for some years. Unsure what to say about STD vs. STI consistency matter. I just know that "infection" is part of the current title. George Ho (talk) 02:07, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

I assumed you might have some input as you were responsible for the most recent RM (granted, quite some time ago). If not, it may be worth bringing to RfC. Anonymous 04:04, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

See also Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Medicine#STI vs STD. WhatamIdoing (talk) 05:16, 4 December 2023 (UTC)