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ReviewSexually transmitted diseases2018

Narrative Review: Assessment of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infections Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in National and Sentinel Surveillance Systems in the United States.

Emily J Weston, Robert D Kirkcaldy, Mark Stenger, Eloisa Llata, Brooke Hoots, Elizabeth A Torrone

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Review in Sexually transmitted diseases, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Proposed approaches for public health surveillance: A literature review for the Canadian National HIV Surveillance Program.Canada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada · 2025
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  7. More Screening or More Disease? Gonorrhea Testing and Positivity Patterns Among Men in 3 Large Clinical Practices in Massachusetts, 2010-2017.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2020
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  9. The frontiers of addressing antibiotic resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae.Translational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine · 2020
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  10. The Laboratory Diagnosis ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Emily J Weston
Robert D Kirkcaldy
Mark Stenger
Eloisa Llata
Brooke Hoots
Elizabeth A Torrone
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · USNational Center for HIV/AIDS Viral Hepatitis STD and TB Prevention · US

Funding

Intramural CDC HHS CC999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To assess trends in Neisseria gonorrhoeae among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM), we reviewed existing and published gonorrhea surveillance data in the United States. Data identified in this review include the following: national gonorrhea case report data and data from 3 other surveillance programs, the Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project (GISP), the STD Surveillance Network (SSuN), and National HIV Behavioral Surveillance.Rates of reported cases of gonorrhea among men increased 54.8% in 2006 to 2015 compared with a 2.6% increase among women. Since 2012, the rate of reported gonorrhea cases among men surpassed the rate among women; the male-to-female case rate ratio increased from 0.97 in 2012 to 1.31 in 2015. The proportion of gonococcal urethral isolates collected in the Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project that were collected from MSM increased from 21.5% to 38.1% in 2006 to 2015. In 2009 to 2015, the percent of MSM who tested positive for rectal and oropharyngeal gonorrhea in sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinics increased by 73.4% and 12.6%, respectively. Estimated rates of gonorrhea among MSM increased by 151% in 2010 to 2015 in jurisdictions participating in the STD Surveillance Network. Data from the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance demonstrate that testing for gonorrhea among MSM increased by 23.1% between 2011 and 2014.Together, surveillance data suggest a disproportionate burden of gonorrhea among MSM in the United States and suggest increases in both screening and disease in recent years. Because each data source has inherent limitations and biases, examining these data from different systems together strengthens this conclusion.

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Homosexuality, MaleSentinel SurveillanceAdultFemaleGonorrheaHumansMaleNeisseria gonorrhoeaeSexual and Gender MinoritiesSexual BehaviorSexually Transmitted DiseasesUnited StatesYoung Adult

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PMID29465702
PMCPMC6051412
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