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Author Park, Ina, author.

Title Strange bedfellows : adventures in the science, history, and surprising secrets of STDs / Ina Park.

Publisher New York : Flatiron Books, 2021.

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Edition First edition.
Physical Description viii, 353 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Summary Ina Park ventures far beyond the bedroom to examine the hidden role and influence of these widely misunderstood infections and share their untold stories. Covering everything from AIDS to Zika, Park explores STDs on the cellular, individual, and population-level.
Contents Introduction : beginning with a bang -- Killing the scarlet H : stigma and scandal in the world of genital herpes -- Bushwhacked : untangling pubic hair and STIs -- The garden of good and evil : exploring the wonders of the vaginal microbiome -- Warts and all : the omnipresence of the human papillomavirus -- Affectionate and popular : oh, the complex sexual webs we weave -- Knock, knock, it's the sex detectives : tales of public health's heroic contact tracers -- A pox on both your houses : on the mysteries and maladies of syphilis -- The path of least resistance : sailors, sex parties, and gonorrhea superbugs -- PrEPared : the little blue pill revolutionizing HIV prevention -- When the rubber meets the road : the lovely condom and the siren's song of STI prophylaxis -- Epilogue : advice to the omnivores.
Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-339) and index.
Subject Sexually transmitted diseases.
Sexually transmitted diseases -- History.