History of STI's

By BaileighM97
  • Jan 1, 1490

    Syphilis was first widely reported while an epidemic spread throughout Europe

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    Mercury, Arsenic and Sulphur were the source of treatment for STI's

  • A German physician discovered the disease of gonorrhea

  • Protargol was being used to treat Gonorrhea

  • Chlamydia was first discovered in Berlin

  • Vaccine was introduced to treat Gonorrhea

  • The first effective treatment for Syphilis called Salvarsan or Arsphenamine was founded

  • in the 1920's, HIV was translated from chimpanzees to humans in Kinshasa

  • Dr. Richard Shope unknowingly discovers HPV on warty rabbits

  • In the 1940's, penicillin was being used to treat gonorrhea

  • John Mahoney, Richard Arnold and AD Harris declared Penicillin as a treatment for Syphillis

  • In the 1960's when a vaccine for chlamydia was first being used, it did not work and made people even more vulnerable to the bacteria

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    During this time frame, genital herpes became very widespread

  • Blood test to identify Hepatitis B is discovered

  • Blood test to identify Hepatitis A is discovered

  • The term "AIDS" (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) was established by the CDC

  • The WHO declared December 1st, the first national AIDS day

  • The FDA approved the use of zidovudine (AZT) to treat children with AIDS

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    1991- FDA approves first alfa interferon to treat hepatitis C, 1992- FDA approves first alfa interferon to treat hepatisis B, 1996- FDA approves first alfa interferon to treat hepatitis C, 1997- FDA approves first alfa interferon to treat hepatitis C

  • The FDA approved the first oral HIV test

  • Gardasil was invented to help prevent HPV