Sexually Transmitted Infections: 97 (1)

Perspectives

Research news in clinical context (15 January, 2021) Free
Joseph D Tucker, Monica Desai, Heather Armstrong

Advanced clinical practitioners in integrated sexual health and HIV (15 January, 2021)
Matthew Grundy-Bowers, Felicity Young, Fiona Dickson, Michelle Croston

Short report: Preparing for PrEP; the cost of delaying universal access in England (4 May, 2020)
Sally Jewsbury, Anna Garner, Michael Redmond, Cara Saxon, Siew Yan Teo, Chris James Ward, Orla McQuillan
Short report:
Macrolide and fluoroquinolone resistance of Mycoplasma genitalium in southern Spain, 2018–2019
(13 July, 2020)
Adolfo de Salazar, Antonio Barrientos-Durán, Beatriz Espadafor, Ana Fuentes-López, Natalia Chueca, Federico Garcia
Original research: Enhancing help-seeking behaviour among men who have sex with men at risk for sexually transmitted infections: the syn.bas.in randomised controlled trial (31 July, 2020)
Roeland Christiaan Alfons Achterbergh, Martijn S van Rooijen, Wim van den Brink, Anders Boyd, Henry John Christiaan de Vries

Original research: Undetectable equals untransmittable (U = U): awareness and associations with health outcomes among people living with HIV in 25 countries (30 July, 2020)
Chinyere Okoli, Nicolas Van de Velde, Bruce Richman, Brent Allan, Erika Castellanos, Benjamin Young, Garry Brough, Anton Eremin, Giulio Maria Corbelli, Marta Mc Britton, W. David Hardy, Patricia de los Rios

Is Madagascar at the edge of a generalised HIV epidemic? Situational analysis (18 May, 2020)
Mihaja Raberahona, François Monge, Rijasoa Harivelo Andrianiaina, Mamy Jean de Dieu Randria, Andosoa Ratefiharimanana, Rivo Andry Rakatoarivelo, Lanto Randrianary, Emma Randriamilahatra, Liva Rakotobe, Chiarella Mattern, Volatiana Andriananja, Hobimahanina Rajaonarison, Mirella Randrianarisoa, Elliott Rakotomanana, Dolorès Pourette, Hery Zo Andriamahenina, Charlotte Dezé, Narjis Boukli, Laurence Baril, Xavier Vallès

Short report: Genital HSV-1 DNA detection is associated with a low inflammatory profile in HIV-uninfected South African women (26 August, 2020)
Andile Mtshali, Sinaye Ngcapu, Farzana Osman, Nigel Garrett, Ravesh Singh, Anne Rompalo, Adrian Mindel, Lenine J P Liebenberg

Original research: Effects of enhanced STI partner notification counselling and provider-assisted partner services on partner referral and the incidence of STI diagnosis in Cape Town, South Africa: randomised controlled trial (1 June, 2020)
Catherine Mathews, Carl Lombard, Moira Kalichman, Sarah Dewing, Ellen Banas, Sekelwa Dumile, Amanda Mdlikiva, Thembinkosi Mdlikiva, Karen Ann Jennings, Johann Daniels, Marcel Berteler, Seth C Kalichman
Original research: Modelling the impact of a sex work crackdown on syphilis transmission among female sex workers and their clients in South China (7 August, 2020)
Ngai Sze Wong, Kimberly A Powers, Joseph D Tucker, Shui Shan Lee, Beng Tin Goh, Peizhen Zhao, Lei Chen, Cheng Wang, Li Gang Yang, Bin Yang, Heping Zheng, Shujie Huang, Kate M Mitchell

Research letter: Site and sex-specific differences in the effect of vitamin D on human papillomavirus infections: analyses of NHANES 2009–2014 (31 March, 2020) Free
Avni Gupta, Alessandro Villa, Sarah Feldman, Benjamin Citow, Herve Sroussi
Research letter: Factors associated with vaginal detection of prostate-specific antigen among participants in a clinical trial in Malawi (11 June, 2020) Free
Yasaman Zia, Nicole Davis, Jeffrey Wiener, Marica M Hobbs, Dana Lapple, Lameck Chinula, Gerald Tegha, Albans Msika, Jennifer Tang, Athena P Kourtis
Research letter: Is COVID-19 affecting the epidemiology of STIs? The experience of syphilis in Rome (27 July, 2020)
Alessandra Latini, Francesca Magri, Maria Gabriella Donà, Massimo Giuliani, Antonio Cristaudo, Mauro Zaccarelli