Strange bedfellows : adventures in the science, history, and surprising secrets of STDs /
Sexually transmitted diseases have been hidden players in our lives for the whole of human history, with roles in everything from World War II to the growth of the Internet to The Bachelor. But despite their prominence, STDs have been shrouded in mystery and taboo for centuries, which begs the quest...
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New York :
Flatiron Books,
[2021]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : Beginning with a bang
- Killing the scarlet H : stigma and scandal in the world of genital herpes
- Bushwhacked : untangling pubic hair and STIs
- The garden of good and evil : exploring the wonders of the vaginal microbiome
- Warts and all : the omnipresence of the human papillomavirus
- Affectionate and popular : oh, the complex sexual webs we weave
- Knock, knock, it's the sex detectives : tales of public health's heroic contact tracers
- A pox on both your houses : on the mysteries and maladies of syphilis
- The path of least resistance : sailors, sex parties, and gonorrhea superbugs
- PrEPared : the little blue pill revolutionizing HIV prevention
- When the rubber meets the road : the lovely condom and the siren's song of STI prophylaxis
- Epilogue : Advice to the omnivores.