ArticleExpert review of anti-infective therapy2018
Expanding syphilis testing: a scoping review of syphilis testing interventions among key populations.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Self-collection of samples as an additional approach to deliver testing services for sexually transmitted infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ global health · 2019Pooled it
- Secondary Distribution of Dual HIV/Syphilis Self-Testing Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial in China.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2025Trial
- A Pay-It-Forward Approach to Improve Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Testing Uptake Among Female Sex Workers in China: Venue-Based Superiority Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2023Trial
- Routinized Syphilis Screening Among Men Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus: A Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2022Trial
- Expanding syphilis test uptake using rapid dual self-testing for syphilis and HIV among men who have sex with men in China: A multiarm randomized controlled trial.PLoS medicine · 2022Trial
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- Evaluation of the service quality and diagnostic performance of syphilis self-test kits purchased from E-commerce platforms in China.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Characteristics and effectiveness of maternal health interventions to prevent mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of syphilis in a global setting: a scoping review using Intervention Mapping as a framework.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Sexual behavior stigma and HIV/STI biospecimen self-collection among cisgender gay, bisexual, and other sexually minoritized men in the United States.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Article
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- Lifetime prevalence of syphilis infection among predominantly Black sexual and gender minorities living with HIV in Atlanta, Georgia: a cross-sectional analysis.Ethnicity & health · 2023Article
- Primary syphilis chancre masquerading as a frenulum tear, the essence of histology: a case report.Oxford medical case reports · 2022Article
- Cost-effectiveness of implementing HIV and HIV/syphilis dual testing among key populations in Viet Nam: a modelling analysis.BMJ open · 2022Article
- Facilitators and barriers to point-of-care testing for sexually transmitted infections in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review.BMC infectious diseases · 2022Article
- Syphilis self-testing to expand test uptake among men who have sex with men: a theoretically informed mixed methods study in Zimbabwe.Sexually transmitted infections · 2022Article
- Syphilis Self-Testing Among Female Sex Workers in China: Implications for Expanding Syphilis Screening.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Limited syphilis testing for key populations in Zimbabwe: A silent public health threat.Southern African journal of infectious diseases · 2022Article
- Syphilis response policies and their assessments: A scoping review.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Social Media-Based Secondary Distribution of Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Syphilis Self-testing Among Chinese Men Who Have Sex with Men.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2021Article
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Abstract
introductionSyphilis is an important sexually transmitted infection (STI). Despite inexpensive and effective treatment, few key populations receive syphilis testing. Innovative strategies are needed to increase syphilis testing among key populations. Areas covered: This scoping review focused on strategies to increase syphilis testing in key populations (men who have sex with men (MSM), sex workers, people who use drugs, transgender people, and incarcerated individuals). Expert commentary: We identified many promising syphilis testing strategies, particularly among MSM. These innovations are separated into diagnostic, clinic-based, and non-clinic based strategies. In terms of diagnostics, self-testing, dried blood spots, and point-of-care testing can decentralize syphilis testing. Effective syphilis self-testing pilots suggest the need for further attention and research. In terms of clinic-based strategies, modifying default clinical procedures can nudge physicians to more frequently recommend syphilis testing. In terms of non-clinic based strategies, venue-based screening (e.g. in correctional facilities, drug rehabilitation centres) and mobile testing units have been successfully implemented in a variety of settings. Integration of syphilis with HIV testing may facilitate implementation in settings where individuals have increased sexual risk. There is a strong need for further syphilis testing research and programs.
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