Annual screening for bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STI), including gonorrhea/chlamydia (GC/CT) and syphilis, is recommended for persons with HIV (PWH). We used the prevention index to qua...
Genital ulcer diseases (GUDs) are a common syndrome associated with sexually transmitted infections. Genital ulcer diseases increase the risk of HIV transmission, necessitating appropriate diagnosis a...
We enrolled patients 18 years or older presenting with GUD at a sexually transmitted infection clinic in Lilongwe, Malawi, between May and October 2021. We purposively sampled by HIV status. Swabs of ...
Fifty participants enrolled (30 without HIV, 2 with acute HIV infection, 18 with HIV seropositivity; 32 men, 18 women). Forty-six (92%) had an etiology identified. Syphilis was more common among those...
We observed a dramatic increase in syphilis ulcer proportion in a population whose GUDs were previously HSV predominant. Observed differences in etiology and resolution by HIV status could play an imp...
As a potential indicator of equity in research partnerships, we conducted a bibliometric analysis of author affiliations and author order in publications about sub-Saharan Africa published in the jour...
We identified articles in the journal Sexually Transmitted Diseases that were about sub-Saharan Africa and published from 2011 to 2020. Medical Subject Heading terms in PubMed were used to identity ar...
Of the 1439 articles that were published in Sexually Transmitted Diseases from 2011 to 2020, 148 (10%) had a Medical Subject Heading term for a sub-Saharan African country. Of the 604 authors of these...
The underrepresentation of Africans in first and last authorship positions suggests power imbalances in global scientific partnerships. Funders, researchers, editors, publishers, and grant and manuscr...
The growing trend of STIs in recent years was altered after the outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic....
Describe the impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on STI declarations received during the pre-pandemic to pandemic period and estimate the number of STI cases expected for the pandemic period....
Descriptive analysis of STI declarations received during the pre-pandemic (2018-2019) and pandemic (2020-2021) periods. The influence of the number of positive cases of SARS-CoV-2 with the number of p...
The global incidence rate for all STIs in 2020 decreased by 18.3% compared to 2019. Chlamydia and syphilis presented a greater reduction in their incidence from 2019 to 2020 of 22.7% and 20.9%, respec...
The measures adopted for the prevention of SARS-CoV-2 infections were able to achieve an initial decrease in STI cases in 2020, however, this change was not maintained during 2021, which ended with hi...
Adolescence is a natural time for sexual exploration; developmentally-appropriate sexual education is essential to promote healthy behaviors and prevent long-term morbidity. Adolescents may confide in...
Mail-in self-collection of samples with centralized reference laboratory sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing has been shown to be feasible with equivalent performance. Commercial, fee-for-ser...
To compile a list of US organizations offering mail-in testing for STIs/HIV, the phrases "mail-in STI testing" and "home STI testing" were entered into search engines. Supplementary information was co...
Information was collected from 20 programs in the United States offering STI mail-in, self-collection testing services. Five programs (25%) were free to consumers. Six organizations (30%) only offered...
Mail-in self-collection services are ubiquitous and exist in all states except 2; STI testing public health programs that offer testing at no cost to the consumer are only in 46% of states. Mail-in te...
Gynecologists play a critical role in the office evaluation of transgender and gender diverse individuals. This includes the provision of essential healthcare services including the treatment and prev...
We estimate the prevalence of sexually transmitted infection (STI) among patients after sexual assault, assess the possible value of azithromycin prophylaxis, and identify risk factors for assault-rel...
Prospective observational cohort study....
Sexual assault centre in Oslo, Norway....
645 patients, 602 (93.3%) women and 43 (6.7%) men, attending the centre from May 2017 to July 2019....
Microbiological testing at the primary examination and at follow-up consultations after 2, 5 and 12 weeks. Estimated relative risk for assault-related STI and for not presenting at follow-up....
At primary examination, the prevalence of genital chlamydia was 8.4%,...
Most bacterial STIs were diagnosed at the primary examination, hence not influenced by prophylaxis. There was no increase in bacterial STI diagnosed at follow-up when azithromycin prophylaxis was not ...
ClinicalTrials.gov Registry (NCT03132389)....
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are a serious issue worldwide. With the popularity of the internet, online health information-seeking behavior (OHISB) has been widely adopted to improve health an...
This study aimed to investigate the short-term and long-term effects of different types of OHISBs on STDs, including syphilis, gonorrhea, and AIDS due to HIV, based on the Baidu index....
Multisource big data were collected, including case numbers of STDs, search queries based on the Baidu index, provincial total population, male-female ratio, the proportion of the population older tha...
The distributions of both STD case numbers and OHISBs presented variability. For case number, syphilis, and gonorrhea, cases were mainly distributed in southeastern and northwestern areas of China, wh...
Our study validated the significant associations between 4 types of OHISBs and STD case numbers, and the impact of OHISBs on STDs became stronger over time. It may provide insights into how to use int...
Data are lacking on adherence to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention testing guidelines among insured US women presenting with vaginal health complaints; thus, we quantified vaginitis testing f...
This was a retrospective analysis of deidentified data from a medical database. Information from women aged 18 to 50 years was obtained from the Truven MarketScan Commercial Database (2012-2017) using...
Approximately 48% of 1,359,289 women received a vaginitis diagnosis that involved a laboratory-based test. Of these women, only 34% were co-tested for CT/NG. CT/NG co-testing was highest for those wit...
The vaginitis nucleic acid amplification test, indicated by CPT code, was associated with statistically significantly higher CT/NG testing rates. Molecular diagnostics may support vaginitis testing in...
