Gonorrhea

Excerpt

Neisseria gonorrhoeae, an obligate human pathogen, is a sexually transmitted disease that causes consequential worldwide morbidity both in resource-abundant and resource-limited nations, and its diagnosis and treatment require costly expenditures annually. Like other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), gonorrhea disproportionately impacts young adult populations. An ancient disease with biblical references (Hebrew Bible; Leviticus 15:1-3), gonorrhea has many slang references, including “the clap,” which likely derived from the name of the ancient Parisian red-light district Les Clapiers.