This new, one-stop reference combines authoritative coverage of clinical practice in sexually transmitted disease and sexual health with a unique and comprehensive collection of 500 superb color photographs to illustrate the key features of this worldwide problem. Chapters follow a logical format: Introduction, Virology, Pathology, Pathogenesis, Epidemiology, Clinical Features, Complications of Infection, Laboratory Diagnosis, Management, Prevention of Transmission and Special Circumstances. Emphasizes the clinical approach to the management of the patient with a sexually transmissible infection, and contains sufficient basic science to allow the reader to critically examine the rationale behind the available diagnostic tests and treatments.