question_answer 44)

  All reproductive tract infections RTIs are STDs, but all STDs are not RTIs. Justify with example.

Answer:

                  Among the common STDs, hepatitis-B and AIDS are not infections of the reproductive organs though their mode of transmission could be through sexual contact also. All other diseases like gonorrhoea, syphilis, genital herpes, hepatitis-B are transmitted through sexual contact and are also infections of the reproductive tract so, there are STDs and RTI, Whereas, AIDS and hepatitis are STDs but not RTI.