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Editorials:

Colm O’Mahony

Government decision on national human papillomavirus vaccine programme is a sad day for sexual health
Sex Transm Infect 2008; 84: 251. doi:10.1136/sti.2008.032755 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Servaas A Morré, Sander Ouburg, Michiel A van Agtmael, and Henry J C de Vries

Lymphogranuloma venereum diagnostics: from culture to real-time quadriplex polymerase chain reaction
Sex Transm Infect 2008; 84: 252-253. doi:10.1136/sti.2008.030148 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical:

V Black, P Magooa, F Radebe, M Myers, C Pillay, and D A Lewis

The detection of urethritis pathogens among patients with the male urethritis syndrome, genital ulcer syndrome and HIV voluntary counselling and testing clients: should South Africa’s syndromic management approach be revised?
Sex Transm Infect 2008; 84: 254-258. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  
Published Online First: 11 January 2008. doi:10.1136/sti.2007.028464

M R Weaver, M Myaya, K Disasi, M Regoeng, H N Matumo, M Madisa, N Puttkammer, F Speilberg, P H Kilmarx, and J M Marrazzo

Routine HIV testing in the context of syndromic management of sexually transmitted infections: outcomes of the first phase of a training programme in Botswana
Sex Transm Infect 2008; 84: 259-264. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  
Published Online First: 6 February 2008. doi:10.1136/sti.2007.028217

H L Munro, C M Lowndes, D G Daniels, A K Sullivan, and A J Robinson

National study of HIV testing in men who have sex with men attending genitourinary clinics in the United Kingdom
Sex Transm Infect 2008; 84: 265-270. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  
Published Online First: 20 December 2007. doi:10.1136/sti.2007.025536

D R Phillips, H Krishnan, and J Watson

First UK report of successful treatment of Mycobacterium simiae and immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in an HIV-seropositive patient
Sex Transm Infect 2008; 84: 271-272. doi:10.1136/sti.2008.029900 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Basic science:

C-Y Chen, K H Chi, S Alexander, C A Ison, and R C Ballard

A real-time quadriplex PCR assay for the diagnosis of rectal lymphogranuloma venereum and non-lymphogranuloma venereum Chlamydia trachomatis infections
Sex Transm Infect 2008; 84: 273-276. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  
Published Online First: 18 February 2008. doi:10.1136/sti.2007.029058

S Skidmore, M Kaye, D Bayliss, and S Devendra

Validation of COBAS Taqman CT for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in vulvo-vaginal swabs
Sex Transm Infect 2008; 84: 277-278. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  
Published Online First: 27 February 2008. doi:10.1136/sti.2007.029587

C S Bradshaw, C K Fairley, and S N Tabrizi

Commentary on "Validation of COBAS Taqman CT for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in vulvo-vaginal swabs"
Sex Transm Infect 2008; 84: 278-279. doi:10.1136/sti.2008.030627 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H M Palmer, H Young, C Graham, and J Dave

Prediction of antibiotic resistance using Neisseria gonorrhoeae multi-antigen sequence typing
Sex Transm Infect 2008; 84: 280-284. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  
Published Online First: 6 February 2008. doi:10.1136/sti.2008.029694

A Kubanova, N Frigo, A Kubanov, S Sidorenko, T Priputnevich, T Vachnina, N Al-Khafaji, S Polevshikova, V Solomka, M Domeika, and M Unemo

National surveillance of antimicrobial susceptibility in Neisseria gonorrhoeae in 2005–2006 and recommendations of first-line antimicrobial drugs for gonorrhoea treatment in Russia
Sex Transm Infect 2008; 84: 285-289. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  
Published Online First: 6 February 2008. doi:10.1136/sti.2007.029033

S R Morris, J S Knapp, D F Moore, D L Trees, S A Wang, G Bolan, and H M Bauer

Using strain typing to characterise a fluoroquinolone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae transmission network in southern California
Sex Transm Infect 2008; 84: 290-291. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  
Published Online First: 13 March 2008. doi:10.1136/sti.2008.030163

L van Dommelen, A Smismans, V J Goossens, J Damoiseaux, C A Bruggeman, F H van Tiel, and C J P A Hoebe

Evaluation of a rapid one-step immunochromatographic test and two immunoenzymatic assays for the detection of anti-Treponema pallidum antibodies
Sex Transm Infect 2008; 84: 292-296. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  
Published Online First: 23 January 2008. doi:10.1136/sti.2007.028746

A S Benzaken, M Sabidó, E G Galban, V Pedroza, F Vasquez, A Araújo, R W Peeling, and P Mayaud

Field evaluation of the performance and testing costs of a rapid point-of-care test for syphilis in a red-light district of Manaus, Brazil
Sex Transm Infect 2008; 84: 297-302. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  
Published Online First: 27 February 2008. doi:10.1136/sti.2007.029462

Epidemiology:

R Hamasuna, H Imai, H Tsukino, J S Jensen, and Y Osada

Prevalence of Mycoplasma genitalium among female students in vocational schools in Japan
Sex Transm Infect 2008; 84: 303-305. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  
Published Online First: 11 January 2008. doi:10.1136/sti.2007.028670

M Safaeian, M Kiddugavu, P E Gravitt, S J Gange, J Ssekasanvu, D Murokora, M Sklar, D Serwadda, M J Wawer, K V Shah, and R Gray

Prevalence and risk factors for carcinogenic human papillomavirus infections in rural Rakai, Uganda
Sex Transm Infect 2008; 84: 306-311. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  
Published Online First: 2 April 2008. doi:10.1136/sti.2007.027318

A T Bodley-Tickell, B Olowokure, S Bhaduri, D J White, D Ward, J D C Ross, G Smith, H V Duggal, P Goold on behalf of the West Midlands STI Surveillance Project

Trends in sexually transmitted infections (other than HIV) in older people: analysis of data from an enhanced surveillance system
Sex Transm Infect 2008; 84: 312-317. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  
Published Online First: 27 June 2008. doi:10.1136/sti.2007.027847

Behaviour:

G S Ogilvie, V P Remple, F Marra, S A McNeil, M Naus, K Pielak, T Ehlen, S Dobson, D M Patrick, and D M Money

Intention of parents to have male children vaccinated with the human papillomavirus vaccine
Sex Transm Infect 2008; 84: 318-323. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  
Published Online First: 29 April 2008. doi:10.1136/sti.2007.029389

B Dodge, M Reece, D Herbenick, C Fisher, S Satinsky, and N Stupiansky

Relations between sexually transmitted infection diagnosis and sexual compulsivity in a community-based sample of men who have sex with men
Sex Transm Infect 2008; 84: 324-327. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  
Published Online First: 20 December 2007. doi:10.1136/sti.2007.028696

PostScript:

T M Wanas

William Fowler (1913–2008)
Sex Transm Infect 2008; 84: 328. doi:10.1136/sti.2008.031898 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correction
Sex Transm Infect 2008; 84: 328. doi:10.1136/sti.2008.029512.corr1 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Electronic pages:

BASHH/ASTDA abstracts
Sex Transm Infect 2008; 84: e1. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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