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====Sexual==== {{main|Sexually transmitted infection}} This refers to any infection that can be caught during sexual activity with another person, including [[sexual intercourse|vaginal]] or [[anal sex]], less commonly through [[oral sex]] (see below) and rarely through [[Non-penetrative sex#Manual sex|manual sex]] (see below). Transmission is either directly between surfaces in contact during intercourse (the usual route for [[bacterium|bacteria]]l infections and those infections causing sores) or from secretions ([[semen]] or the fluid secreted by the excited female) which carry infectious agents that get into the partner's blood stream through tiny tears in the [[Human penis|penis]], [[vagina]] or [[rectum]] (this is a more usual route for [[virus]]es). In this second case, anal sex is considerably more hazardous since the penis opens more tears in the rectum than the vagina, as the vagina is more elastic and more accommodating.{{citation needed|date=September 2015}} Some infections transmissible by the sexual route include [[AIDS|HIV/AIDS]], [[Chlamydia infection|chlamydia]], [[genital warts]], [[gonorrhea]], [[hepatitis B]], [[syphilis]], [[herpes]], and [[trichomoniasis]].{{cn|date=June 2021}}
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