Sexually Transmitted Diseases -- Contributors -- Foreword -- -- Epidemiology, Physiology, and Immunology -- -- Global Epidemiology of Sexually Transmitted Diseases -- INTRODUCTION -- HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUSES -- GENITAL HERPES -- CYTOMEGALOVIRUS -- EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS -- HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8 (HHV8) -- HEPATITIS B -- HEPATITIS DELTA -- HEPATITIS C -- HEPATITIS A -- HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION -- CHLAMYDIA -- SYPHILIS -- GONORRHEA -- THE TROPICAL SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES -- TRICHOMONIASIS.

-- The Genital Tract: Anatomical, Developmental, and Microbiological Factors Affecting Sexually Transmitted Disease AcquisitionINTRODUCTION -- ANATOMY OF THE FEMALE GENITAL TRACT -- BLOOD SUPPLY TO AND LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE OF THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE TRACT -- ANATOMY OF THE MALE GENITAL TRACT: GENITALIA -- GENITAL TRACT INFECTIONS -- -- Mucosal Immunity in the Human Reproductive Tract: Balancing Reproductive Potential with Protection against Sexually Transmitted Pathogens -- INTRODUCTION -- BIOLOGY OF THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE TRACT -- INNATE IMMUNITY IN THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE TRACT.

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY IN THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE TRACTMUCOSAL IMMUNITY TO SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED PATHOGENS -- NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE -- CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS -- CANDIDA ALBICANS -- IMMUNOLOGY OF THE MALE REPRODUCTIVE TRACT -- SUMMARY -- -- Strategies forPrevention and Control -- -- Contextual Factors Associated with Sexually Transmitted Infections -- INTRODUCTION -- SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION RISK -- PREVENTION AND TREATMENT STRATEGIES -- PSYCHOSOCIAL IMPACT -- CONCLUSIONS.

-- Abstinence and Curricular Approaches to Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention for AdolescentsINTRODUCTION -- ABSTINENCE, SEX, AND ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT -- ABSTINENCE AS A STRATEGY TO PREVENT SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS -- ABSTINENCE-ONLY SEX EDUCATION -- COMPREHENSIVE SEX EDUCATION -- SUPPORT FOR ABSTINENCE IN THE CONTEXT OF COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMS -- CONCLUSIONS -- -- Male Circumcision: A Tool for Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Diseases -- INTRODUCTION -- PREVALENCE OF MALE CIRCUMCISION -- MALE CIRCUMCISION REDUCES URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS.

MALE CIRCUMCISION REDUCES PENILE INFLAMMATORY DISORDERSMALE CIRCUMCISION FOR HIV PREVENTION AMONG HETEROSEXUAL MEN -- MALE CIRCUMCISION FOR HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS TYPE 2 PREVENTION -- MALE CIRCUMCISION FOR HPV PREVENTION -- MALE CIRCUMCISION AND BACTERIAL SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES -- MALE CIRCUMCISION FOR SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE PREVENTION AMONG MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN -- MALE CIRCUMCISION AND HIV TRANSMISSION TO FEMALE PARTNERS -- MALE CIRCUMCISION AND HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS AMONG FEMALE PARTNERS -- MALE CIRCUMCISION PREVENTS BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS AND TRICHOMONIASIS AMONG FEMALE PARTNERS.

THE BIOLOGICAL PLAUSIBILITY OF MALE CIRCUMCISION FOR REDUCTION OF VIRAL SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES.