Sexually transmitted diseases / editors, King K. Holmes [and others].

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Book
Language
English
Εdition
4th ed.
Published/​Created
New York : McGraw-Hill Medical, ©2008.
Description
xxv, 2166 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm

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    'Sexually Transmitted Diseases' takes you through all aspects of STDs, from epidemiology to diagnosis and public health measures. Featuring an exciting new full-color format, the fourth edition delivers the most encyclopedic overview of the clinical, microbiological, and public health aspects of STDs, including HIV.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Historical perspective on sexually transmitted diseases: challenges for prevention and control
    • An economic perspective on sexually transmitted infections including HIV in developing countries
    • The transmission dynamics of sexually transmitted infections
    • The global epidemiology on HIV and AIDS
    • The epidemiology of STIs and their social and behavioral determinants: industrialized and developing countries
    • Social dimensions of adolescent sexuality
    • Sexual networks, concurrency, and STD/HIV
    • Sexual partnership effects on STIs/HIV transmission
    • Psychological perspectives on sexuality and sexually transmissible diseases and HIV infection
    • Gender and sexually transmitted diseases
    • Adolescents and STDs, including HIV infection
    • Female sex workers and their clients in the epidemiology and control of sexually transmitted diseases
    • Homosexual and bisexual behavior in men in relation to STDs, and HIV infection
    • Lesbian sexual behavior in relation to STDs and HIV infection
    • HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in injection drug users and crack cocaine smokers
    • STDs, HIV/AIDS, and migrant populations
    • Genitourinary immune defense
    • Normal genital flora
    • Pathogenesis of sexually transmitted viral and bacterial infections
    • The biology of HIV, SIV, and other lentiviruses
    • Immunology and pathogenesis of human immunodeficiency virus infection
    • Human T-cell lymphotropic viruses
    • Biology of herpesviruses
    • Genital herpes
    • Cytomegalovirsus
    • Epstein-Barr virus infection
    • The biology of genital human papillomaviruses
    • Genital human papillomavirus infection
    • Viral hepatitis
    • Molluscum contagiosum
    • Biology of chlamydia trachomatis
    • Chlamydia trachomatis infections of the adult
    • Lymphogranuloma venereum
    • Biology of neisseria gonorrhoeae
    • Gonococcal infections in the adult
    • Biology of treponemes --
    • Clinical manifestations of syphilis
    • Endemic treponematoses
    • Chancroid and haemophilus ducreyi
    • Donovanosis
    • Genital mycoplasms
    • Bacterial vaginosis
    • Trichomonas vaginalis and trichomoniasis
    • Intestinal protozoa: giardia lamblia, entamoeba histolytica, cryptosporidium, and new and emerging protozoal infections
    • Vulvovaginal candidiasis
    • Public lice and scabies
    • STI care management
    • Individual-level risk assessment for sexually transmitted infections, including HIV
    • Anatomy and physical examination of the female genital tract
    • Clinical anatomy and physical examination of the male genital tract
    • Principles of treatment of sexually transmitted diseases
    • Principles of laboratory diagnosis of STIs
    • Individual, couple, and small-group interventions to reduce HIV and STI acquisition
    • Partner notification for sexually transmitted infections including HIV infection: an evidence-based assessment
    • Lower genital tract infections syndromes in women
    • Pelvic inflammatory disease
    • Cervical neoplasia and other STD-related genital tract neoplasias
    • Screening for cervical cancer
    • Urethritis in males
    • Epididymitis
    • Prostatitis syndromes: causes, differential diagnosis, and clinical management
    • Generalized cutaneous manifestations of STD and HIV infection: typical presentations, differential diagnosis, and management
    • Genital ulcer adenopathy syndrome
    • Genital dermatoses
    • Ocular infections associated with sexually transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS
    • Treatment of chronic viral hepatitis
    • Arthritis associated with sexually transmitted diseases
    • Sexually transmitted intestinal syndromes
    • Counseling and testing for HIV infection
    • Clinical laboratory diagnosis of HIV-1 and use of viral RNA to monitor infection
    • Psychosocial aspects of HIV infection
    • HIV transmission prevention in the context of care --
    • Antiviral therapy of human immunodeficiency virus infection
    • Preventing opportunistic infections among HIV-infection persons
    • Clinical management of HIV infection: management of opportunistic infections
    • AIDS-related malignancies
    • Management of neurological disease in HIV-1 infection
    • Contraception, contraceptive technology, and STDs
    • Sexually transmitted diseases and infertility
    • Bacterial sexually transmitted infections in pregnancy
    • Pregnancy and viral sexually transmitted infections
    • Congenital syphilis
    • Gonococcal and chlamydial infections in infants and children
    • Herpesvirus infections in neonate and children: cytomegalovirus and herpes simplex virus
    • Pregnancy and perinatal transmission of HIV infection
    • Pediatric HIV infection: epidemiology, treatment and complications in the United States and internationally
    • Child sexual abuse and STD and HIV infection
    • The role of primary care clinicians in STD, HIV, and hepatitis prevention and care
    • Multilevel approaches to STD epidemiology and prevention
    • STD/HIV prevention programs in developed countries
    • Integration of HIC and STD services
    • STD-related health-care SEEKING and health service delivery
    • Condoms and other barrier methods for prevention of STD/HIV infection and pregnancy
    • Topical microbicides and other chemical barriers for the prevention of STD/HIV infection
    • Behavioral interventions for prevention of STDs and HIV infection at the community level
    • Marketing, communication, and advocacy for large-scale STD/HIV prevention and control
    • Innovations in public health surveillance for HIV/AIDS and other STDs: guideposts for prevention and care
    • Monitoring and evaluation of prevention and control programs for HIV/AIDS and othe STD
    • STD vaccines
    • HIV vaccines
    • Prevention and control of STD and HIV infection in developing countries
    • Approach to management of STIs in developing countries
    • The laboratory in the management of STDs, HIV, and opportunistic infections in developing countries
    • Sexual assault and STD
    • Legal and political aspects of STI prevention in the United States: public duties and private rights
    • Ethical challenges of the global AIDS epidemic
    • Information and communication technologies for prevention and control of HIV infection and other STIs.
    ISBN
    • 9780071417488 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
    • 0071417486 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2007013008
    OCLC
    104848174
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