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Infectious & ParasiticModerateContagious
Gonorrhoea
Venereology & Sexual Health · Infectious & Parasitic
Moderate
Severity
Common — one of the most frequently reported sexually transmitted infections worldwide
Prevalence
Yes
Contagious
Venereology & Sexual Health
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Gonorrhoea is caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae
- 2which is transmitted through direct sexual contact
- 3including vaginal
- 4anal
- 5and oral sex
- 6with an infected partner. It can also be transmitted from an infected mother to her newborn during childbirth
- 7potentially causing serious eye infection in the baby if untreated. Having multiple sexual partners
- 8inconsistent condom use
- 9and a prior history of sexually transmitted infections increase the risk of acquiring or transmitting gonorrhoea.
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