Sexually Transmitted Infections

Antonio Cristaudo is Head of the STI/HIV Department at the San Gallicano Dermatological Institute, a historic health and research institute in Rome, Italy. He has vast expertise in the management of patients with or at-risk for STIs. He began his clinical and research activity at the San Gallicano Dermatologic Institute in 1987. He has been the principal investigator on various trials and scientific projects on STIs and HIV and HPV infections. He is the author of more than 180 scientific articles in indexed journals, most of them in the field of STIs and of dermatological diseases. He is past-President of the Italian Association of Hospital Dermatologists (ADOI).

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.