Twelve contributions present clinicians and pathologists with current immunological developments on the subject. Space has also been devoted to drug alergy relevant to treatment of STD and to discussion of the roles of clinician and pathologist in future research. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc

Molecular and Cell Biology of Human Diseases reviews the status of research on a range of sexually transmitted diseases whose incidence has paralleled the increase in HIV infection and examines the ways in which new methods are influencing current practice and are likely to shape future management.

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Molecular and Cell Biology of Human Diseases reviews the status of research on a range of sexually transmitted diseases whose incidence has paralleled the increase in HIV infection and examines the ways in which new methods are influencing current practice and are likely to shape future management.