ArticleCanada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada2016
Are enteric infections sexually transmitted in British Columbia?
Article in Canada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Sexually Transmitted Infections Treatment Guidelines, 2021.MMWR. Recommendations and reports : Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Recommendations and reports · 2021Guideline
- Sexually transmitted enteric infections in men who have sex with men.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2025Review
- Increased Severity of Multidrug-Resistant Shigella sonnei Infections in People Experiencing Homelessness.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2025Article
- Risk factors and provider awareness of sexually transmitted enteric pathogens among men who have sex with men.Microbiology spectrum · 2024Article
- Multidrug-Resistant Shigella sonnei Bacteremia among Persons Experiencing Homelessness, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.Emerging infectious diseases · 2023Article
- Sexual Contact as Risk Factor for Campylobacter Infection, Denmark.Emerging infectious diseases · 2021Article
- Ongoing transmission of Entamoeba histolytica among newly diagnosed people living with HIV in Taiwan, 2009-2018.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2020Article
- Nontravel-related invasiveIDCases · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundEnteric infections may on occasion be sexually transmitted, particularly among people who engage in oral-anal sexual contact. Although outbreaks of enteric infections have been reported among men who have sex with men (MSM) in British Columbia (BC), the epidemiology of sexually transmitted enteric infections has never been assessed.
objectiveTo describe the epidemiology of enteric infections in BC to determine if sexual transmission may be occurring.
methodsA descriptive analysis was conducted of all reported cases of shigellosis, amebiasis and giardiasis in BC for the period 2003-2012.
resultsFor shigellosis and amebiasis, there was a high male-to-female ratio and a higher rate of infection in males aged 20-59 years as compared to all other age-sex groups. Additionally, for shigellosis, adult males were significantly more likely than females to acquire disease locally (RR 1.9; CI 1.7--.4).
conclusionAnalysis suggests that sexual transmission of enteric infections, particularly shigellosis and amebiasis, may be occurring in MSM in BC. Further studies are indicated.
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