This comprehensive, well-illustrated, and easily accessible book documents the latest research outcomes concerning sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and describes important advances in their prevention, diagnosis and treatment. The changes in the epidemiology and clinical aspects of STIs that have occurred over the past decade are fully explored, with special attention to core groups and patients with immunological disorders. The emerging challenges associated with particular sexually transmitted pathogens, including C. trachomatis, N. gonorrhoeae, HPV, and HIV, are identified and discussed. Readers will find detailed information on modern preventive strategies, new laboratory and diagnostic techniques, and a range of innovative treatments, including vaccines, continuous antiretroviral therapy, and new drugs against hepatitis viruses. Attention is also drawn to new directions in biomedical research that promise clinical benefits for the patients and communities. The combination of a detailed clinical and research approach, with emphasis on new knowledge and innovative aspects, ensures that the book will be of value to a wide readership comprising both clinicians and researchers. 

Preface

Section 1 Global Epidemiology
Global epidemiology of Sexually Transmitted Infections in the 21st century: beyond the numbers
The new epidemiology of Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection
Social and Behavioral determinats of STI in the 21st century. An overview
Section 2 Prevention and control of STI
Behavioral Prevention Strategies for STI
Vaccines for STIs: present and future directions
Section 3 Laboratory and diagnostic techniques
New diagnostic approaches to viral Sexually Transmitted infections 
New tools for the diagnosis of bacterial STIs
Section 4 The clinical spectrum of STI
The syphilis after the year 2000
Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections
Novel approach to Chlamydia trachomatis Infections in female and male
Genital Herpes: clinical and scientific novelties
Clinical Management of anogenital warts and Intraephitelial neoplasia
Sexually Transmitted Hepatitis
Bacterial Vaginitis and Vaginosis
The clinical spectrum of Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection
Donovanosis, chancroid and endemic treponematoses. Clinical features and control
The Lymphogranuloma venereum as re-emerged sexually transmitted infection
HHV-8 Infection and Kaposi Sarcoma
Section 5 Modern challenges in STI area
Biological pathways of HPV-induced carcinogenesis
Antimicrobial resistance of Neisseria Gonorrhoeae: a new challenge
The men who have sex with men (MSM) as core group for STI
The vaccines against HPV: a new direction for STI prevention
Immunological strategies against T. Pallidum infections
Natural history of anal HPV Infection.