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We’ve all heard about the Zika virus after a host of athletes – including Rory McIlroy – have ruled themselves out of the Games.

Pregnant women have been advised not to travel at all amid numerous worries of birth defects associated with Zika.

But there are a host of other nasty surprises waiting for visitors.

Over 800,000 people are currently living with HIV in Brazil.

And at least 10million Brazilians currently living in the country are suffering or have suffered from STIs according to Health Ministry statistics.

That’s including horror diseases like syphilis, chlamydia, gonorrhoea and many many more.

Tourists and athletes alike will have to be careful during the Games.

And this could be particularly true considering Daily Star Online has already revealed sex-mad athletes could bonk 84 times during the Olympics.

Hard-up prostitutes have even started handing out a special “Olympic sex menu” to get the punters in.

With this in mind, the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention have urged tourists to use protection to avoid disease transmission.

They published the following guidelines: "The celebratory atmosphere at the Olympics may encourage travellers to engage in risky sex especially if they are drinking or using drugs.

"Condoms can prevent HIV and other STDs. Carry condoms that were purchased from a reliable source."

South America as a continent has the second largest STI count in the world – just under Africa.