eli5: Why did we go from calling sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) to sexually transmitted infections (STIs)?
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Because you can be infected by something and not be diseased. I remember a famous case of someone who got HIV, was infected, but never developed aids – they just lived normally, infected by the virus but with no harm done to them. This person was infected (relevant, because they can transmit it to others), but wasn’t diseased (relevant, because they didn’t need any medical treatment, no symptoms).
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