BV: it IS an STD, stop trying to make it sound better than it is; it IS sexually transmitted, your sex partner can give it to you, that is how I got it and I am still mad as hell. It does not have a 'fishy' odor until it is put on a slide to be tested. It has a BO smell just like armpits without deoderant from uncontrolled bacteria. It CAN be controlled with metro and other stuff but it can also be controlled naturally with douching with vinegar but, get this folks, YOU WILL NEVER GET RID OF IT. Even if you haven't had anal sex,It is passed from people that have had anal-vaginal sex and 'supposedly'can also be contracted thru poor hygiene i.e. wiping back to front. BV articles are deficient. It should be called the Vaginal-Anal Virus.