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   |rollover="Syphilis is a dangerous disease, but it can be cured." Poster for treatment of syphilis, showing text and design of an anchor and a cross. Published: Rochester, N.Y.: WPA Federal Art Project, between 1936 and 1938, by Hans Erik Krause.
-  |text=A '''[[sexually transmitted disease]]''' ('''STD'''), also known as '''sexually transmitted infection''' ('''STI''') or '''venereal disease''' ('''VD'''), is an illness that has a significant probability of transmission between [[human]]s by means of [[human sexual behavior]], including [[sexual intercourse|vaginal intercourse]], [[oral sex]], and [[anal sex]]. While in the past, these illnesses have mostly been referred to as STDs or VDs, in recent years the term ''sexually transmitted infections'' (''STIs'') has been preferred, as it has a broader range of meaning; a person may be ''infected'', and may potentially infect others, without showing signs of ''disease''. Some STIs can also be transmitted via the use of [[Drug injection|IV drug]] [[Hypodermic needle|needle]]s after its use by an infected person, as well as through [[childbirth]] or [[breastfeeding]]. Sexually transmitted infections have been well known for hundreds of years.
+  |text='''[[Sexually transmitted disease]]s''' ('''STD'''), also referred to as '''sexually transmitted infections''' ('''STI''') and '''venereal diseases''' ('''VD'''), are illnesses that have a significant probability of [[Transmission (medicine)|transmission]] between [[human]]s by means of [[Human sexual activity|sexual behavior]], including [[Sexual intercourse|vaginal intercourse]], [[anal sex]] and [[oral sex]]. Some STIs can also be contracted by using [[Drug injection|IV drug]] [[Hypodermic needle|needle]]s after their use by an infected person, as well as through any incident involving the contact of a wound with contaminated blood or through [[childbirth]] or [[breastfeeding]].
+Sexually transmitted [[infections]] have been well known for hundreds of years, and [[venereology]] is the branch of [[medicine]] that studies these diseases. While in the past, these illnesses have mostly been referred to as STDs or VD, the term ''sexually transmitted infections'' (''STIs'') has been preferred by many up-to-date medical sources, as it has a broader range of meaning; a person may be ''infected'', and may potentially infect others, without having a ''disease''.
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