當今，尚有4種性傳播病毒性傳染病是不能治癒的：乙型肝炎、生殖器皰疹、人類乳頭瘤病毒和人類免疫缺陷病毒[Hepatitis B, genital herpes, Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), and the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) ]（此處應該都使用傳染病的病名，而不是使用傳染病的致病病毒，所以，應改為“乙型肝炎、生殖器皰疹、尖銳濕疣和愛滋病——譯者注）。
可是，即使缺乏治癒的手段，醫學技術的發展，已經有了一些有益的治療方略和措施：研製出了對抗乙型肝炎的免疫疫苗；治療生殖器皰疹（病毒）和人類乳頭瘤病毒導致的各種症狀；由於各種不斷改進的醫學手段，愛滋病病人現在存活年限延長等等。
不過，大體上看，現今的景況（似乎）切切淒涼：生殖器皰疹、人類乳頭瘤病毒和愛滋病病毒傳染病已經流行起來，而且正在迅速地傳播，在青年人中間尤其不容樂觀。世界衛生組織估計，全球範圍內，數年以前每年有2千萬生殖器皰疹和3千萬人類乳頭瘤病毒新近感染病例發生；每年有約5百萬愛滋病病毒新近感染病例，而且HIV/AIDS當下正在毀滅全球人口，尤其（這種致命病毒）不僅在撒哈拉沙漠以南地區，而且逐漸地在南亞和東南亞以及東歐大施淫威。

美國主要性傳播疾病流行狀況估算（單位：百萬）
資料來源：聯合國愛滋病聯合規劃暑/世界衛生組織，美國：HIV/AIDS和性傳播疾病感染流行病狀況清單.2002年更新，美國疾病控制中心網站.追蹤隱藏的流行病：2000年美國性傳播疾病發展趨勢

Estimated Prevalence of Leading Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) in the USA in millions
Source: UNAIDS/WHO, USA: Epidemiological Fact Sheets on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infection 2002 Update. CDC Web site. Tracking the hidden epidemics: Trends in STDs in the United States 2000.
 

Four sexually transmitted viral infections are still incurable today: Hepatitis B, genital herpes, Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), and the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) which causes AIDS.
However, even in the absence of a cure, medical science has developed some helpful strategies: There is a vaccination against Hepatitis B, the symptoms of genital herpes and HPV can be effectively treated, and AIDS patients now live longer thanks to various ever-improving medications.
Nevertheless, on the whole, the picture is bleak: Genital herpes, HPV and HIV infections have become epidemics and are spreading fast, especially among young people. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimated a few years ago that, world-wide, 20 million new cases of genital herpes and 30 million cases of HPV occur every year. There are about 5 million new HIV infections every year, and HIV/AIDS is now devastating whole populations, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, but increasingly also in South and Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe.