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gonorrhoea

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A contagious inflammatory disease of the genitourinary tract, affecting especially the urethra and vagina, and characterized by a mucopurulent discharge, pain in urination, and chordee; clap.

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If you have symptoms suggestive of gonorrhoea, or if your partner partners have these symptoms, you should see your doctor. Source: Internet

Gonorrhoea is an infection caused by a sexually transmitted bacterium – Neisseria gonorrhoea that can infect both males and females. Source: Internet

For the first time, a vaccine has tested positive to abilities to act as protection against gonorrhoea, a sexually transmitted infection. Source: Internet

Judith, who was diagnosed HIV positive in 2008 and has a dangerously low immune system and gonorrhoea, says the doctor told her that other patients were complaining because the clinic was treating a “gay”. Source: Internet

Public Health England has revealed that reported incidents of syphilis have gone from 5,955 in 2016 to 7,137 in 2017 and gonorrhoea went from 36,577 to 44,676. Source: Internet

The report added: "The large increase in gonorrhoea diagnoses between 2016 and 2017 is concerning due to the ongoing circulation of high-level azithromycin resistant gonorrhoea. Source: Internet

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