Sexually Transmitted Infections and Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Co-Infections, Co-Morbidities, Preclinical Development and Treatment
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Medical Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 775
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) remain serious, global health problems. The World Health Organization estimates that a million new infections occur each day, the majority of which are STIs, according to their report in 2024. Co-infections with bacterial and viral STIs including HIV are prevalent and can result in increased co-morbidity with augmented infectivity, exacerbated clinical symptoms, and dire health consequences. Broadening our understanding of STI bacterial and HIV co-infections is critical for the development of therapeutic interventions and preventive strategies to combat the health, societal, and economic burden of these diseases.
This Special Issue of Microorganisms aims to collect recent research on the treatment and prevention of STIs with a particular emphasis on STI bacterial co-infections and STI-HIV infections. Original research articles and comprehensive reviews that cover different aspects of STI and HIV co-infections and co-morbidities, preclinical and clinical development of vaccines, drug resistance, epidemiology, immunopathological aspects, societal impacts, antimicrobial and antiviral treatments, and animal infection and co-infection models, including non-human primates, are welcome.
Dr. Aleksandra E. Sikora
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- STI
- HIV
- co-infection
- co-morbidity
- animal models
- immunopathology
- societal impact
- vaccines
- antiviral and antibacterial therapeutics
- preclinical and clinical studies
- epidemiology
- drug resistance
- non-human primate models
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