Name any one disease that spreads through sexual contact.

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Infectious disease:
Infectious diseases are a group of diseases that are transmitted from one person to another with direct contact.
One of the modes of transmitting disease is sexual contact.
The secretions of genital organs contain microbes which upon the sexual activity, the disease is spread.
One of the diseases that spread through sexual contact is AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome).

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