TY - JOUR T1 - Highlights from this issue JF - Sexually Transmitted Infections JO - Sex Transm Infect SP - 573 LP - 573 DO - 10.1136/sextrans-2014-051931 VL - 90 IS - 8 AU - Jackie A Cassell Y1 - 2014/12/01 UR - http://sti.bmj.com/content/90/8/573.abstract N2 - Many of our readers will remember a period when the HIV care community collectively woke up to patients' ongoing need for STI testing and diagnosis. A number of published studies and audits showed that STI testing in this population was limited and sporadic, resulting in efforts to establish regular routines of testing. Since then, the need has become arguably greater, particularly for men who have sex with men (MSM): syphilis has regained its place as a commonly diagnosed condition, and lymphogranuloma venereum has become endemic in this populations, in a number of urban settings. But just how high does testing need to be, and how do we target testing? Hawkes et al1 present an interesting study from Toronto, demonstrating that a near-doubling of STI testing was associated with a decline in positivity … ER -