TABLE I
TABLE OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES CAUSED BY VIRAL AGENTS
CAUSATIVE AGENT	DISEASE	TRANSMISSION	SIGNS/SYMPTOMS	DIAGNOSIS	TREATMENT	VACCINE
Human Immunodeficiency	Can lead to Acquired	Blood	HIV Infection:	Presence of		NO
virus (HIV)	Immunodeficiency	Semen	Fatigue	antibodies
Genome: RNA	Syndrome (AIDS)	Vagional Fluids	Mild Fever	to virus
		Breast Milk	Sore muscles
			Occasional diarrhea	Presence of
			Swollen lumph nodes-	viral genome
			(lymphadenopathy)
			AIDS-Related Complex
			(ARC):
			Extended lymphadenopathy
			Weight loss >10%
			Constant Low Grade Fever
			Extensive diarrhea
			Overwhelming fatigue
			Saturating night sweats
			Thrush from C. Albicans
			AIDS:
			Persistent lymphadenopathy
			Contant low grade fever
			Nausea and fatigue
			Vomiting
			Psychological stress
			Saturating night sweats
			Headaches
			Wasting Syndrome
			Unrelenting diarrhea
			Fluid imbalance
			Possible AIDS dementia
CAUSATIVE AGENT	DISEASE	TRANSMISSION	SIGNS/SYMPTOMS	DIAGNOSIS	TREATMENT	VACCINE
Viral Hepatitis	Hepatitis		Jaundine (yellowing of skin)
			Fatigue
			Abdominal Pain
			Inflammation of Liver
			Loss of apetite
			Nausea
			Vomiting
			Low Grade Fever
			Headache
			Possible Liver cancer
Hepatitis A virus (HAV)		Contaminated food		Presence of	Resolves on its	HAV vaccine
		or water		antibodies	own
				to virus
Hepatitis B virus (HBV)		Contact with		Presence of	Alfa interferon	HBV vaccine
		infected blood		antibodies	Pegintrferon
		Sexual contact		to virus	Lamivudine
		Childbirth			etc.
Hepatitis C virus (HCV)		Contact with		Presence of	Pegintrferon	No
		infected blood		antibodies	Ribavirin
				to virus
Hepatitis D virus (HDV)		Contact with		Presence of	Alfa interferon	HBV vaccine
		infected blood		antibodies
				to virus
Hepatitis E virus (HEV)		Contaminated food		Presence of	Resolves on its	No
		or water		antibodies	own
				to virus
CAUSATIVE AGENT	DISEASE	TRANSMISSION	SIGNS/SYMPTOMS	DIAGNOSIS	TREATMENT	VACCINE
Herpes Simplex 1	Cold Sores	Kissing an	Blisters appear, break,	Presence of	Resolve on its	No
(HSV1)	Fever Blisters	infected person	form oozing sores or	antibodies	own
		Physical contact	ulcers. Crusts form and	to virus
		with infected	healing begins.
		surfaces	This cycle can take 12-14
			days.
Herpes Simplex 2	Genital Herpes	Sexual Contact	One or more sores, blisters	Presence of	Keep virus	No
(HSV2)		Direct skin to	Pimples, bumps or rash	antibodies	in check:
		skin contact	Itching, burning or tingling	to virus	acyclovir
			in the genital area		Valacyclovir
			Aches or pains in the		Famciclovir
			genital area
			Flu-like symptoms
			(headache, fever, swollen
			lymphnores near groin)
			Painful urination and
			discharge (vaginal or
			penile)although uncommon
Cytomegalovirus		Contact with virus	Prolonged fever	Presence of	Ganciclovir	No
		being exceted in	Mild hepatitis	antibodies
		saliva, urine,	Most individuals have no	to virus
		tears, blood,	symptoms
		semen, breast	In children infected during
		milk	the fetal stage, the virus
			can cause enlargement of
			the liver and spleen and
			more seriously, death.
CAUSATIVE AGENT	DISEASE	TRANSMISSION	SIGNS/SYMPTOMS	DIAGNOSIS	TREATMENT	VACCINE
Human Papilloma Virus	Genital Warts	Skin to skin	Presence of warts on	Visual	May resolve	No
HPV		contact	the outside and inside the	Pap smear	on its own
			vagina, on the cervix,	Acetic acid	Topical creams
			uterus, around the anus,	causes infected
			tip of the penis, shaft of	areas to whiten
			penis, scrotum
Pox-virus	Molluscum	Skin to skin	Bumps (flesh colored,	Visual	May resolve	No
	Contagiosum	contact	gray-white, yellow or	Collect specimen	on its own
		Sexual contact	pink)	from lesion	Surgicall
		Contact with	Itching in the area	and viewing	removal
		contaminated	Present in thighs, buttocks	under an electron	Removed by
		inanimate objects	groin, etc.	microscope	chemical
		(I.e. towels, etc)			treatment