不能治愈性传播疾病    Incurable STDs

当今，尚有4种性传播病毒性传染病是不能治愈的：乙型肝炎、生殖器疱疹、人类乳头瘤病毒和人类免疫缺陷病毒[Hepatitis B, genital herpes, Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), and the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) ]（此处应该都使用传染病的病名，而不是使用传染病的致病病毒，所以，应改为“乙型肝炎、生殖器疱疹、尖锐湿疣和艾滋病——译者注）。
可是，即使缺乏治愈的手段，医学技术的发展，已经有了一些有益的治疗方略和措施：研制出了对抗乙型肝炎的免疫疫苗；治疗生殖器疱疹（病毒）和人类乳头瘤病毒导致的各种症状；由于各种不断改进的医学手段，艾滋病病人现在存活年限延长等等。
不过，大体上看，现今的景况（似乎）切切凄凉：生殖器疱疹、人类乳头瘤病毒和艾滋病病毒传染病已经流行起来，而且正在迅速地传播，在青年人中间尤其不容乐观。世界卫生组织估计，全球范围内，数年以前每年有2千万生殖器疱疹和3千万人类乳头瘤病毒新近感染病例发生；每年有约5百万艾滋病病毒新近感染病例，而且HIV/AIDS当下正在毁灭全球人口，尤其（这种致命病毒）不仅在撒哈拉沙漠以南地区，而且逐渐地在南亚和东南亚以及东欧大施淫威。

美国主要性传播疾病流行状况估算（单位：百万）
资料来源：联合国艾滋病联合规划暑/世界卫生组织，美国：HIV/AIDS和性传播疾病感染流行病状况清单.2002年更新，美国疾病控制中心网站.追踪隐藏的流行病：2000年美国性传播疾病发展趋势

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.