{"id":342810,"date":"2015-01-11T08:23:31","date_gmt":"2015-01-11T00:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/uncategorized-hk\/les-chiens-pouvaient-detecter-les-mst-342810.html"},"modified":"2015-01-11T08:23:31","modified_gmt":"2015-01-11T00:23:31","slug":"les-chiens-pouvaient-detecter-les-mst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/health-hk\/medical-news-hk\/les-chiens-pouvaient-detecter-les-mst-342810.html","title":{"rendered":"Say hello to STI-detecting dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/01\/choien-750x4101.jpg\"><span style=\"display: block;\" class=\"wrap-img\" id=\"wrap-img-63521\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-63521 img-responsive  aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/01\/choien-750x4101-625x342.jpg\" alt=\"choien-750x410\" width=\"625\" height=\"342\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/p> <p>Last year, 450 000 people contracted an STI (sexually transmitted infections) in the UK. To counter this staggering number, the <strong>STI Detection Unit<\/strong>, a British force focusing on detecting this genre of diseases, stroll around the city accompanied by\u00a0dogs capable of spotting someone with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/beauty\/whats-new\/microneedle-patches-nus-researchers-invent-painless-way-deliver-collagen-63202.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">herpes, chlamydia,<\/a> syphilis or gonorrhoea.<\/p> <p>The different smells allow these furry\u00a0friends to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/health\/medical-news\/10-choses-savoir-sur-la-maladie-dalzheimer-43438.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">distinguish a disease<\/a> from another. And once they found a carrier, the agents do not hesitate to stop and inform passers by to prevent them from\u00a0unknowingly passing on the infection to someone else. It's mainly\u00a0in night clubs where the unit's interventions are more successful. While it might not be entirely accurate, a video on\u00a0the internet illustrating the STI Detection Unit's experience has gone viral.<\/p> <p>But what are they trying to do with what could be categorized as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/lifelove\/coaching-lifelove\/10-cles-bien-parler-soi-59656.html#post-59656\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">public embarrassment<\/a>? To familiarize the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/fashion\/latest-news\/romeo-beckham-shows-us-moves-burberrys-holiday-campaign-52616.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">British population <\/a>with STI and encourage them to get tested with a new home test kit launched by Randox Health. This test saves you from prying eyes (of the puppies) and it can detect 10 kinds of STIs. An even better way to get better is perhaps to protect your future partner(s) from the disease as well.<\/p>  <p><em>Cl\u00e9mence Floc'h<\/em><\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Brits better get tested for sexually transmitted infections, otherwise they are bound to be greeted by dogs who are equipped with STI-detecting skills... in public!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":63354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"The British STI Detection Unit, specializing in detecting sexually transmitted infections, introduce to their squad dogs that can sniff out the 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