The Hidden Affliction: Sexually Transmitted Infections and Infertility in History

A multidisciplinary group of prominent scholars investigates the historical relationship between sexually transmitted infections and infertility. Untreated gonorrhea and chlamydia cause infertility in a proportion of women and men. Unlike the much-feared venereal disease of syphilis--"the pox"--gonorrhea and chlamydia are often symptomless, leaving victims unaware of the threat to their fertility. Science did not unmask the causal microorganisms...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580469612
• ISBN13: 9781580469616
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Length: 450 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"