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A Statistical Analysis Of Reported Cases Of Sexually Transmitted Disease From 1995 – 2004
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1.8 DEFINITION OF TERMS
i. STDS: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
ii. AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
iii. HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus
iv. VIRUS: Any living thing that is smaller than
bacteria, that causes the spread of infections disease. It can only be seen with the use of microscope.
v. SEROLOGICAL TEST FOR HIV: Blood test
that allows the presence of anti bodies to HIV in the body to be dictated.
ABORTION: Removal of unwanted child out of her
mothers’ womb
IMPOTENCY: Inability of a man to impregnate a
woman due to the destruction of the manhood by sexually transmitted disease(s).
PRE – MARITAL SEX: Sex before marriage
RACE: Different type of people living in the world
INFERTILITY: Inability to bear a child or children.
LYPHOCYTE: A group of white blood cells that helps to
prevent infections from spreading
ANTI-BODY: This is an organism that is not a part of
the body but was being introduced to that body
PERINATAL: This simply means mother
HOMO-SEXUALITY: This is sexual intercourse between
persons of the same sex e.g male to male.
LESBIANISM: Sexual intercourse between people of
the same sex eg female to female
HETERO SEXUALITY: This is a sexual intercourse
between persons of opposite sex, example female to male.
INFECTION: An inversion of the body (entry) of a
disease causing organism
CONDOM: A preservative or “rubber†sheath
(usually
made of latex) used to cover the penis or virgin by women during sexual
intercourse to prevent pregnancy or to protect against disease.
WHO: WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION
MOD OF TRANSMISSION: This is simply the way at
which a disease or disease can be transferred over from a carrier to a non carrier.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The entire project work/study talks about the full meaning of the STDS. The causes of the sexually transmitted diseases were found out to be virus and bacteria which can be transmitted from one person to another predominantly through sexual contact. The scope of the study was also special and federal medical center Umuahia (FMC) was used as a case study. One of the studies carried out by Dr. A.U. Mbanuso at the Federal Medical center Umuahia 1990 – 1993. His result showed that the ... Continue reading---
