ArticleSexually transmitted infections2005
Community based syphilis screening: feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness in case finding.
Article in Sexually transmitted infections, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Incentivized Community-Based Syphilis Screening: Uptake, Yield, and Cost.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2025Article
- Combining Global Positioning System (GPS) with saliva collection among sexual minority adults: A feasibility study.PloS one · 2021Article
- Use of Oral Fluid With a Rapid Treponemal Test for Syphilis Evaluation.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2018Article
- Expanding syphilis testing: a scoping review of syphilis testing interventions among key populations.Expert review of anti-infective therapy · 2018Article
- Hepatitis C in men who have sex with men in London--a community survey.HIV medicine · 2013Article
- "There is such a thing as asking for trouble": taking rapid HIV testing to gay venues is fraught with challenges.Sexually transmitted infections · 2007Article
- Application of a noninvasive oral fluid test for detection of treponemal IgG in a predominantly HIV-infected population.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2006Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo investigate the feasibility and acceptability of implementing community based syphilis screening using different sample collection techniques, and its effectiveness in screening at-risk populations and identifying new syphilis cases.
methodsTwo phases of syphilis screening were conducted in venues frequented by men who have sex with men (MSM). Phase 1 used venepuncture and phase 2 a validated saliva test. Evaluation used quantitative data from testers, venues and the local genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinic, and qualitative data from venue and programme staff.
results1090 MSM were tested over 7 weeks. 62% of testers had not attended a GUM clinic in the past year. 64% of testers reported > or = 2 sexual contacts in the past 90 days and 11% reported > or = 10. Similar diagnosis rates were recorded for phase 1 (1.4%) and phase 2 (1.8%). There was greater uptake of testing with the saliva test in saunas during phase 2.
conclusionsSyphilis screening in gay venues is feasible and acceptable to at-risk MSM, and reaches a group not routinely accessing GUM services. The low case detection for syphilis suggest this approach, while unlikely to contain outbreaks, may be more useful if combined with screening for other sexually transmitted infections and effective health promotion strategies.
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