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March 02, 2021

Review
Assessing the costs and outcomes of control programmes for sexually transmitted infections: a systematic review of economic evaluations

Sonja C M Bloch, Louise J Jackson, Emma Frew, Jonathan D C Ross

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054873
Research Letter
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on STIs in Greece
Free

Zoe Apalla, Aimilios Lallas, Styliani Mastraftsi, Anastassios Giannoukos, Despoina Noukari, Maria Goula, Polychronia Kalantzi, Maria Zapridou, Konstantinos Lallas, Athanassios Kyrgidis, Elizabeth Lazaridou, Alexander Stratigos, Theodoros Sidiropoulos, Electra Nicolaidou

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2021-054965

February 25, 2021

Epidemiology
Confirmatory testing of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in a sexual health clinic: implications for epidemiology and treatment policy

Myrte Tielemans, Mireille van Westreenen, Corné Klaassen, Hannelore M Götz

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054525
Clinical
Factors associated with interest in a long-acting HIV regimen: perspectives of people living with HIV and healthcare providers in four European countries

Babatunde Akinwunmi, Daniel Buchenberger, Jenny Scherzer, Martina Bode, Paolo Rizzini, Fabio Vecchio, Laetitia Roustand, Gaelle Nachbaur, Laurent Finkielsztejn, Vasiliki Chounta, Nicolas Van de Velde

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054648

February 19, 2021

Clinical
Impact of point-of-care testing and treatment of sexually transmitted infections and bacterial vaginosis on genital tract inflammatory cytokines in a cohort of young South African women

Nigel Garrett, Andile Mtshali, Farzana Osman, Lindi Masson, Lyle R McKinnon, Ravesh Singh, Nireshni Mitchev, Hope Ngobese, Ayesha B M Kharsany, Salim Abdool Karim, Koleka Mlisana, Jo-Ann Passmore, Anne Rompalo, Adrian Mindel, Lenine Liebenberg

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054740
Clinical
Tracking missed opportunities for an early HIV diagnosis in a population of people living with HIV with known time of infection

Dimitrios Basoulis, Evangelia Georgia Kostaki, Dimitrios Paraskevis, Angelos Hatzakis, Mina Psichogiou

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054697
Clinical
Clinical outcomes of syphilis in HIV-negative and HIV-positive MSM: occurrence of repeat syphilis episodes and non-treponemal serology responses

Silvia Achia Nieuwenburg, Ricardo Jamie Sprenger, Maarten Franciscus Schim van der Loeff, Henry John Christiaan de Vries

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054887
Research Letter
Increased clinician confidence and uptake of event-based PrEP by men who have sex with men during the COVID-19 pandemic
Free

Daniel Richardson, Emma Buck, Andrew Parkhouse, Deborah Williams

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2021-054994

February 11, 2021

Research letter
Gonorrhoea during COVID-19 in London, UK
Free

Gary George Whitlock, Alan McOwan, Diarmuid Nugent on behalf of the Dean Street Collaborative Group

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054943

February 04, 2021

Epidemiology
Assessment of risk compensation following use of the dapivirine vaginal ring in southwestern Uganda

Sylvia Kusemererwa, Andrew Abaasa, Anita Kabarambi, Martin Onyango, Joseph Okello Mugisha

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054718
Research Letter
Painful anorectal syphilis in men who have sex with men (MSM)

Waseem Rawdah, Sean Perera, Deborah Williams, Daniel Richardson

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054952
Epidemiology
Opposing associations of depression with sexual behaviour: implications for epidemiological investigation among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men

Ada R Miltz, Alison J Rodger, Andrew N Phillips, Janey Sewell, Simon Edwards, Sris Allan, Lorraine Sherr, Anne M Johnson, William J Burman, Fiona C Lampe ASTRA and AURAH Study Groups

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054634
Research Letter
Lack of macrolide resistance in Mycoplasma genitalium infections in a cohort of pregnant women in South Africa

Remco P H Peters, Hyun-Sul Jung, Etienne E Muller, Marleen M Kock, Landon Myer, Jeffrey D Klausner, Dvora Joseph Davey

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054583

February 01, 2021

Clinical
Culture obtained from urethral swab of asymptomatic men who screen positive for Neisseria gonorrhoeae by urine nucleic acid amplification testing

Ayoma Ratnappuli, Melanie Bissessor, Shehara Arumugam, Deborah A Williamson, Eric P F Chow, Christopher K Fairley, Jason J Ong, Vesna De Petra, Marcus Y Chen

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054690

January 29, 2021

Epidemiology
Improving our understanding of the disproportionate incidence of STIs in heterosexual-identifying people of black Caribbean heritage: findings from a longitudinal study of sexual health clinic attendees in England

Megan Bardsley, Sonali Wayal, Paula Blomquist, Hamish Mohammed, Catherine H Mercer, Gwenda Hughes

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054784
Clinical
Feasibility and acceptability of frequent vaginal self-sampling at home by Rwandan women at high risk of urogenital tract infections

Marijn C Verwijs, Stephen Agaba, Marie-Michele Umulisa, Janneke H H M van de Wijgert

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054816

January 18, 2021

Behaviour
COVID-19 restrictions and changing sexual behaviours in HIV-negative MSM at high risk of HIV infection in London, UK
Free

Iain Hyndman, Diarmuid Nugent, Gary George Whitlock, Alan McOwan, Nicolò Girometti

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054768

January 15, 2021

Behaviour
Chemsex and diagnoses of syphilis, gonorrhoea and chlamydia among men who have sex with men in the UK: a multivariable prediction model using causal inference methodology

Louis MacGregor, Manik Kohli, Katharine J Looker, Ford Hickson, Peter Weatherburn, Axel J Schmidt, Katy ME Turner

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054629
Review
Sexual health interventions delivered to participants by mobile technology: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

Sima Berendes, Anasztazia Gubijev, Ona L McCarthy, Melissa J Palmer, Emma Wilson, Caroline Free

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054853
Behaviour
Perceptions of an HIV self-testing intervention and its potential role in addressing the barriers to HIV testing among at-risk heterosexual men: a qualitative analysis

Yi-Roe Tan, Nashwinder Kaur, Angeline Jiajun Ye, Yiwen Zhang, Jerald Xuan Zheng Lim, Rayner Kay Jin Tan, Lai Peng Ho, Mark I-Cheng Chen, Mee Lian Wong, Chen Seong Wong, Peiling Yap

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054773

January 13, 2021

Epidemiology
Determinants associated with viable genital or rectal Chlamydia trachomatis bacterial load (FemCure)

Kevin J H Janssen, Petra F G Wolffs, Christian J P A Hoebe, Titia Heijman, Hannelore M Götz, Sylvia M Bruisten, Maarten Schim van der Loeff, Henry J de Vries, Nicole H T M Dukers-Muijrers

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054533
Clinical
‘It’s literally giving them a solution in their hands’: the views of young Australians towards patient-delivered partner therapy for treating chlamydia

Elly Layton, Jane L Goller, Jacqueline Coombe, Meredith Temple-Smith, Jane Tomnay, Alaina Vaisey, Jane S Hocking

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054820
Health services research
Implementation of a national HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis service is associated with changes in characteristics of people with newly diagnosed HIV: a retrospective cohort study

Ceilidh Grimshaw, Claudia S Estcourt, Rak Nandwani, Alan Yeung, David Henderson, John Michael Saunders

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054732
Epidemiology
Estimating the percentage of European MSM eligible for PrEP: insights from a bio-behavioural survey in thirteen cities

Maddalena Cordioli, Lorenzo Gios, Jörg W Huber, Nigel Sherriff, Cinta Folch, Ivailo Alexiev, Sónia Dias, Christiana Nöstlinger, Ana Gama, Emilia Naseva, Danica Valkovičová Staneková, Ulrich Marcus, Susanne Barbara Schink, Magdalena Rosinska, Karel Blondeel, Igor Toskin, Massimo Mirandola

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054786

January 12, 2021

Epidemiology
Comparison of the patterns of chlamydia and gonorrhoea at the oropharynx, anorectum and urethra among men who have sex with men

Marjan Tabesh, Christopher K Fairley, Jane S Hocking, Deborah A Williamson, Lei Zhang, Xianglong Xu, Catriona S Bradshaw, Marcus Y Chen, Eric PF Chow

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054632
Clinical
Diagnostic role of CXCL13 and CSF serology in patients with neurosyphilis

Dongdong Li, Xiyue Huang, Mingqiao Shi, Lan Luo, Chuanmin Tao

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054778
Epidemiology
HSV-infection-related herpetic anogenital ulcer disease among PLWH in southeastern US: electronic medical record based analysis

Yuanfan Ye, Greer A Burkholder, Howard Wiener, Stella Aslibekyan, Ashraf E Khan, Sadeep Shrestha

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054503

January 11, 2021

Epidemiology
Cost-effectiveness of two screening strategies for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae as part of the PrEP programme in the Netherlands: a modelling study

Francine van Wifferen, Elske Hoornenborg, Maarten F Schim van der Loeff, Janneke Heijne, Albert Jan van Hoek

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054741
Clinical
Clinical and laboratory features of 244 men with primary syphilis: a 5-year single-centre retrospective study

Stefano Ramoni, Giovanni Genovese, Andrea Pastena, Giovanni Casazza, Giovanna Lunghi, Angelo Valerio Marzano, Marco Cusini

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054705
Health services research
HIV non-occupational postexposure prophylaxis (nPEP) usage among five key populations in China

Haochu Li, Ran Wei, Eduardo Piqueiras, Eric P F Chow, Kedi Jiao, Taylor Lewis, Wei Ma

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054791

January 06, 2021

Epidemiology
Factors associated with syphilis seroprevalence in women with and at-risk for HIV infection in the Women’s Interagency HIV Study (1994–2015)

Kristal J Aaron, Ilene Brill, Zenoria Causey-Pruitt, Kerry Murphy, Michael Augenbraun, Seble Kassaye, Joel E Milam, Dominika Seidman, Audrey L French, Stephen J Gange, Adaora A Adimora, Anandi N Sheth, Margaret A Fischl, Barbara Van Der Pol, Jeanne Marrazzo, Mirjam-Colette Kempf, Jodie Dionne-Odom

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054674

January 04, 2021

Health services research
Sexually transmitted infections (STI) and antenatal care (ANC) clinics in Malawi: effective platforms for improving engagement of men at high HIV risk with voluntary medical male circumcision services

Wezi Msungama, Geoffrey Menego, Frackson Shaba, Nicole Flowers, Melissa Habel, Abigail Bonongwe, Masford Banda, Steven Shire, Alice Maida, Andrew Auld, Sam John Peter Phiri, Kayira Dumbani, Nicole Buono, Mishek Luhanga, Martin Kapito, Hannah Gibson, Catey Laube, Carlos Toledo, Evelyn Kim, Stephanie Marie Davis

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054776
Research letter
COVID-19, fear and sexual behaviour: a survey in a tertiary STI clinic in Lisbon
Free

Ana Luísa João, André Lencastre, Joana Calvão, Ana Rodrigues, Cândida Fernandes

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054834
Research Letter
COVID-19-related nationwide lockdown did not reduce the reported diagnoses of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Finland
Free

Ilari Kuitunen, Ville Ponkilainen

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054881

December 23, 2020

Epidemiology
HPV16 and HPV18 seropositivity and DNA detection among men who have sex with men: a cross-sectional study conducted in a sexual health clinic in London

Eleanor M King, David Mesher, Pam Sonnenberg, Ezra Linley, Kavita Panwar, Simon Beddows, Kate Soldan, Ray Borrow, Mark Jit, Richard Gilson

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054726
Editorial
Putting the ‘Eye’ in Spirochaetes

Cristina Corsini Campioli, John Raymond Go, Madiha Fida, Douglas Challener, Muhammad Rizwan Sohail, Omar Abu Saleh, Sarwat Khalil

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054795
Epidemiology
Evidence supporting the standardisation of extragenital gonorrhoea and chlamydia screenings for women

Jamieson Trevor Jann, Nicole J Cunningham, Ryan D Assaf, Robert K Bolan

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054577

December 18, 2020

Clinical
Sexually transmitted infections among women randomised to depot medroxyprogesterone acetate, a copper intrauterine device or a levonorgestrel implant

Jennifer Deese, Neena Philip, Margaret Lind, Khatija Ahmed, Joanne Batting, Mags Beksinska, Vinodh A Edward, Cheryl E Louw, Maricianah Onono, Thesla Palanee-Phillips, Jennifer A Smit, Jared M Baeten, Deborah Donnell, Timothy D Mastro, Nelly R Mugo, Kavita Nanda, Helen Rees, Charles Morrison

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054590

December 16, 2020

Epidemiology
Performance of human papillomavirus DNA detection in residual specimens taken for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae nucleic acid amplification testing in men who have sex with men

Diarmuid Nugent, Oliver Stirrup, Sarah Pett, Kavita Panwar, Marta Checchi, David Mesher, Kate Soldan, Simon Beddows, Richard Gilson

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054702

December 10, 2020

Research Letter
'Education Hour’: online sexual health continuing professional development during the COVID-19 pandemic provides opportunities and inclusivity
Free

Aisling Moyle, Sophie Ross, Martin Jones, Judith Zhou, Colin Fitzpatrick, Daniel Richardson

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054872

November 23, 2020

Health services research
An update on the performance of STI services for gay and bisexual men across European cities: results from the 2017 European MSM Internet Survey

Jason Doran, Peter Weatherburn, Ford Hickson, Ulrich Marcus, David Reid, Axel Jeremias Schmidt

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054681

November 20, 2020

Epidemiology
Effect of syphilis infection on HIV acquisition: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Meng Yin Wu, Hui Zi Gong, Kui Ru Hu, He-yi Zheng, Xia Wan, Jun Li

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054706

November 19, 2020

Health services research
Are all blood-based postal sampling kits the same? A comparative service evaluation of the performance of dried blood spot and mini tube sample collection systems for postal HIV and syphilis testing
Free

Matthew Page, Sowsan Atabani, Joseph Arumainayagam, Steven Wilson, Daniel Hartland, Stephen Taylor

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054692

November 18, 2020

Behaviour
Modelling the contribution that different sexual practices involving the oropharynx and saliva have on Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections at multiple anatomical sites in men who have sex with men

Xianglong Xu, Eric P F Chow, Jason J Ong, Christian J P A Hoebe, Deborah Williamson, Mingwang Shen, Fabian Yuh Shiong Kong, Jane S Hocking, Christopher K Fairley, Lei Zhang

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054565
Clinical
Prevalence and clinical characteristics of patients with biologically false-positive reactions with serological syphilis testing in contemporary practice: 10-year experience at a tertiary academic hospital

Yuri Ishihara, Koh Okamoto, Hironori Shimosaka, Yoshikazu Ono, Yoshiaki Kanno, Mahoko Ikeda, Sohei Harada, Makoto Kurano, Shu Okugawa, Kyoji Moriya, Yutaka Yatomi

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054628
Miscellaneous
Pain in the eye: a case of gonococcal orbital cellulitis
Free

Sophie Miller, Tyler Degener, Pruthul Patel

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054850
Epidemiology
Incidence and duration of incident oropharyngeal gonorrhoea and chlamydia infections among men who have sex with men: prospective cohort study

Eric P F Chow, Lenka A Vodstrcil, Deborah A Williamson, Kate Maddaford, Jane S Hocking, Melinda Ashcroft, Vesna De Petra, Catriona S Bradshaw, Christopher K Fairley

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054764

November 17, 2020

Behaviour
Love during lockdown: findings from an online survey examining the impact of COVID-19 on the sexual health of people living in Australia
Free

Jacqueline Coombe, Fabian Yuh Shiong Kong, Helen Bittleston, Henrietta Williams, Jane Tomnay, Alaina Vaisey, Sue Malta, Jane L Goller, Meredith Temple-Smith, Louise Bourchier, Andrew Lau, Eric P F Chow, Jane S Hocking

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054688

November 13, 2020

Research Letter
Improved sensitivity from pooled urine, pharyngeal and rectal specimens when using a molecular assay for the detection of chlamydia and gonorrhoea near point of care

Judith Ann Dean, Sara Fiona Elizabeth Bell, Luke Coffey, Joseph Debattista, Steven Badman, Andrew M Redmond, David M Whiley, Jime Lemoire, Owain David Williams, Chris Howard, Charles F Gilks

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054835
Clinical
Treatment of mild-to-moderate pelvic inflammatory disease with a short-course azithromycin-based regimen versus ofloxacin plus metronidazole: results of a multicentre, randomised controlled trial

Gillian Dean, Suneeta Soni, Rachel Pitt, Jonathan Ross, Caroline Sabin, Jennifer Whetham

doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054468

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