[Viral sexually transmitted urogenital infections. Increased importance of viral STD in industrial countries].

Sexually transmitted urogenital virus infections have shown in recent decades a growing prevalence worldwide. In the industrial nations, human papilloma virus and herpes simplex virus infections occur more frequently than the typical venereal diseases (syphilis, gonorrhoea and ulcus molle). Molluscum caused by molluscum contagiosum virus (MCV), while frequently found in HIV-infected and AIDS patients (13%), are generally diagnosed decidedly less often than the previously mentioned virus infections. Considering the pathogenetic relationship of several HPV-subtypes with precancerosis and carcinomas in both genders, increasingly greater demands are placed upon the physician today regarding the diagnoses and treatment of virus-associated urogenital STDs. Discussed in this survey are the epidemiology, clinical symptoms, diagnostic and treatment of the three referred to virus infections.