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STDs Increase the Chances for HIV Infection?
STDs Increase the Risk of Acquiring HIV
Chlamydia risk 3 – 5 times
Genital Herpes risk 3 – 6 times
Gonorrhea risk 3 – 5 times
Syphilis risk 3 – 4 times
Trichomoniasis risk 2 – 4 times
Immune Response to Invading Organisms
Systemic: blood circulating antibodies, immune cells, immune
factors
Mucosal: Langerhans Cells, Monocytes, Macrophages,
T Lymphocytes
skin
mucus layer
outer mucosal tissue
submucosal tissue