DIAGNOSTICS TO PATHOGENOMICS OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS

CHAPTER 1. Mucosal Immunity in Sexually Transmitted Infections (Pages: 1-26)
CHAPTER 2. The Role of Circumcision in Preventing Sexually Transmitted Infections (Pages: 27-40)
CHAPTER 3. Effect of Probiotics on Reproductive Health (Pages: 41-59)
CHAPTER 4. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection (Pages: 61-81)
CHAPTER 5. Genital Herpes (Pages: 83-99)
CHAPTER 6. Molluscum Contagiosum (Pages: 101-118)
CHAPTER 7. Genital Warts (Pages: 119-133)
CHAPTER 8. Chlamydia Trachomatis Urogenital Infections: Epidemiology, Clinical Presentations, and Pathogenesis (Pages: 135-166)
CHAPTER 9. Donovanosis (Pages: 167-179)
CHAPTER 10. Gonorrhea (Pages: 181-209)
CHAPTER 11. Sexually Transmitted Treponematoses (Pages: 211-232)
CHAPTER 12. Genital Mycoplasmas (Pages: 233-255)
CHAPTER 13. Bacterial Vaginosis (Pages: 257-275)
CHAPTER 14. Chancroid (Pages: 277-291)
CHAPTER 15. Vulvovaginal Candidosis (Pages: 293-327)
CHAPTER 16. Tinea Cruris (Pages: 329-340)
CHAPTER 17. Trichomonas Vaginalis (Pages: 341-356)
CHAPTER 18. Scabies (Pages: 357-371)

This book explores the complete picture from epidemiology, causative pathogens to clinical impact and immunology. Although the causative pathogens may differ, but the clinical outcome, immune evasion strategies, immune response, and long-term sequelae share many common features. Finally, both the pathogen and the host immune response contribute to damage to the health, and therefore, any prevention or treatment strategies need to address both of these factors.The significance of diagnostics of sexually transmitted infection is anticipated to increase with advances in interventions and health information technology. The proposed book will provide latest knowledge to virologists, microbiologists, infectious disease experts, vaccinologists, biomedical researchers, clinicians, pharmacologists, and public health specialists to gather the knowledge about recent advances in sexually transmitted infections in an interdisciplinary fashion. The spectrum of discussion in this book will range from introduction of causative pathogen, their pathogenesis to epidemiology, immunology, to anatomy and physiology of human genitalia and management strategies.