ArticleInternational journal of STD & AIDS2018
Reverse syphilis screening algorithm fails to demonstrate cost effectiveness in persons living with HIV.
Article in International journal of STD & AIDS, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Ignored and undervalued in public health: a systematic review of health state utility values associated with syphilis infection.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2024Pooled it
- Comparison of CDC and ECDC reverse sequence algorithms for syphilis diagnosis: clinical implications of discordant serological results.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Comparative performance of the traditional and reverse diagnostic algorithms for syphilis in pregnancy.Pregnancy (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2026Article
- Sexually transmitted infections and sexual behaviors of men who have sex with men in an American Deep South PrEP clinic.International journal of STD & AIDS · 2020Article
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Abstract
Although the reverse syphilis screening algorithm is more efficient than the traditional algorithm, it may lead to exorbitant costs for health systems serving persons living with HIV needing annual syphilis screening. Alternatively, the traditional screening algorithm is cost saving in many scenarios.
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