Sexually Transmitted Infections

(STI) is the world's longest running international journal on sexual health

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Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) keeps clinicians and researchers up to date on the transmission, prevention, diagnosis, natural history and treatment of STIs and HIV. This includes existing and emerging infections where sexual transmission plays a role, as well as related aspects of sexual health.

The journal publishes original research, reviews, editorials and correspondence on the clinical, translational, laboratory, public health and sociological aspects of infections from around the world. STI also publishes a blog and podcasts to promote wider communication and dissemination of new developments in the field.

STI is an official journal of the British Association of Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH).

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Listen to the STI Podcast and subscribe via all podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify.

Editor-in-Chief: Anna Maria Geretti, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy and King's College London, UK
Editorial team

STI is a Plan S compliant Transformative Journal.

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STI Podcasts

Sexually Transmitted Infections releases regular podcasts which aim to keep practitioners, trainees and researchers up to date in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of all STIs and HIV.

They are free to access and available on all major podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify.

Don't forget to subscribe to be notified when a new episode is available!

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Latest Articles

Systematic review:

Self-sampling strategies (with/without digital innovations) in populations at risk of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae: a systematic review and meta-analyses

29 March 2023

Short reports:

High-grade and low-grade HPV-induced urethral lesions treated by CO2 laser under colposcopy

29 March 2023

Original research:

Sexual and reproductive health in Britain during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: cross-sectional population survey (Natsal-COVID-Wave 2) and national surveillance data

27 March 2023

Original research:

Cost-effectiveness of testing for Mycoplasma genitalium among men who have sex with men in Australia

23 March 2023

Short reports:

Methodological quality of systematic reviews of the local management of anogenital warts: a systematic review using AMSTAR II, ROBIS and PRISMA

22 March 2023

Perspectives: The latest research summarised!

Do you find it a challenge to stay up to date with the latest key research in the field?

Each issue of STI contains a section called "Perspectives" in which the most important recent papers published in STI and other journals are summarised and put into clinical context by our expert editors.

These useful summaries are also free to read.

Access the current issue to read the latest Perspectives article

Open Access Articles

Systematic review:

Self-sampling strategies (with/without digital innovations) in populations at risk of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae: a systematic review and meta-analyses

29 March 2023

Original research:

Sexual and reproductive health in Britain during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: cross-sectional population survey (Natsal-COVID-Wave 2) and national surveillance data

27 March 2023

Original research:

High prevalence and incidence of gonorrhoea and chlamydia in young women eligible for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in South Africa and Zimbabwe: results from the HPTN 082 trial

8 March 2023

Case report:

Mpox proctitis as a likely predisposing factor for chlamydial perihepatitis in a male patient

7 March 2023

Original research:

Sexual behaviour, STI and HIV testing and testing need among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men recruited for online surveys pre/post-COVID-19 restrictions in the UK

1 March 2023

Editor's Choice

Original research:

Self-sampled specimens demonstrate comparable accuracy and consistency to clinician-sampled specimens for HPV detection among men who have sex with men in China

17 February 2023

Original research:

Shigella is common in symptomatic and asymptomatic men who have sex with men visiting a sexual health clinic in Amsterdam

17 November 2022

Original research:

Association between rectal gonorrhoea and HIV incidence in men who have sex with men: a meta-analysis

21 October 2022

Original research:

Quantifying heterogeneity in sexual behaviour and distribution of STIs before and after pre-exposure prophylaxis among men who have sex with men

22 August 2022

Epidemiology:

Effect of police enforcement and extreme social inequalities on violence and mental health among women who sell sex: findings from a cohort study in London, UK

25 July 2022

Authors

Sexually Transmitted Infections considers submissions of a wide range of article types, including original research, educational articles and systematic reviews.

The Author Information section provides general guidelines and requirements for specific article types.

Information is also provided on editorial policies and open access.

All manuscripts should be submitted online.

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