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Vaginal discharge
Vaginal discharge, also called vaginal secretion or fluor vaginalis, is normal fluid that keeps the vagina clean and moist; a change in color, odor, or amount may signal infection.
Vaginitis
Vaginitis, also called vulvovaginitis, is inflammation or infection of the vagina causing itching, odor, and discharge. Main causes are bacterial vaginosis, candidiasis, trichomoniasis, and atrophic vaginitis; diagnosis requires testing, not history alone.
Venereal Disease Research Laboratory test
VDRL test (Venereal Disease Research Laboratory test): nontreponemal microscopic flocculation blood test for syphilis using cardiolipin, cholesterol, and phosphatidylcholine antigens; also the highly specific CSF-VDRL for neurosyphilis, distinct from RPR.
Virgin cleansing myth
Virgin cleansing myth (also virgin cure or virgin rape myth): false belief that sex with a virgin cures HIV/AIDS or other STIs, documented in Southern Africa and linked by some researchers to child rape, though its causal weight is disputed.
World AIDS Day
World AIDS Day, observed 1 December since 1988, is the first international day for global health, created by WHO officers Thomas Netter and James Bunn; marked with red ribbons, annual themes, and UNAIDS-led campaigns against HIV/AIDS.