Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are infections usually passed on during unprotected sex with an infected partner. This can be vaginal, oral or anal sex, and sometimes skin-to-skin contact.

A blood-borne virus (BBV) is a virus that is transmitted by blood or body fluids that contain blood. Blood-borne viruses may be transmitted if blood, semen or vaginal fluids pass from a person who is infected with the virus into the bloodstream of another person via a break in the skin or mucous membrane. 

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Common STIs and BBVs

Chlamydia                            Hepatitis B

Genital herpes                     Hepatitis C

Genital warts                       HIV/AIDS

Gonorrhoea                          Syphilis

Less common STIs

Donovanosis             Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV)           Trichomoniasis

Other STIs and BBVs
(these are not always classified as STIs but can be transmitted through sexual contact)

Bacterial vaginosis            Non-specific Urethritis (NSU) and Cervicitis

Cystitis                                  Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)

Hepatitis A                            Pubic lice and Scabies

Thrush                                   Molluscum contagiosum