 [ Symptoms ] i have a burning and swelling of my vaginal lips and it hurts what is the cause and is there anything i can put on it it is swelling and pulsing and very painful all the time sitting laying walking its just there i did have sexual intercorse resently and we used protection and lube and no chance of an std [ Disease ] scientists and researchers are challenged with developing containment treatment and vaccine strategies for these diseases another goal is to develop immunologic and molecular tools for more rapid disease diagnosis and to study how the viruses are transmitted and exactly how the disease affects the body pathogenesis a third goal is to understand the ecology of these viruses and their hosts in order to offer preventive public health advice for avoiding infection