eli5: Why did we go from calling sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) to sexually transmitted infections (STIs)?
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Disease is something you develop; cancer, COPD, Parkinsons, epilepsy. Tend to be long term conditions.
Infection is something you catch either fungal, viral or bacterial.
Of course some infections can lead to long term diseases and there are always exceptions to the rule.
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