ArticleClinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America2019
Syphilis Testing Among Sexually Active Men Who Have Sex With Men and Who Are Receiving Medical Care for Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the United States: Medical Monitoring Project, 2013-2014.
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- Sexually Transmitted Infections Treatment Guidelines, 2021.MMWR. Recommendations and reports : Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Recommendations and reports · 2021Guideline
- Successful Scale-up of Syphilis Testing Linked to Routine HIV Viral Load Monitoring in British Columbia.Open forum infectious diseases · 2026Article
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- Syphilis Testing and Diagnosis Among People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Engaged in Care at 4 US Clinical Sites, 2014-2018.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2022Review
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- Syphilis Testing among Men Who Have Had Rectal Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Tests, United States.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2019Article
- Immunological Changes in Monocyte Subsets and Their Association With Foxp3Frontiers in immunology · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundGuidelines recommend that sexually active men who have sex with men (MSM) including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive MSM be tested at least annually for syphilis, with testing every 3-6 months for MSM at elevated risk. We examined the proportion of HIV-positive MSM tested for syphilis in the past 3, 6, and 12 months by their HIV care provider during 2013-2014.
methodsUsing data from the Medical Monitoring Project, a population-based HIV surveillance system, we evaluated the proportion of MSM who had documentation of being tested for syphilis by their HIV care provider in the past 3, 6, and 12 months.
resultsDuring 2013-2014, 71% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 69%-73%) of sexually active HIV-positive MSM were tested for syphilis in the past year. This proportion was higher among MSM reporting condomless sex: (75%; 95% CI: 72%-78%), and among MSM reporting ≥ 2 sex partners (77%; 95% CI: 74%-79%), in the past 12 months. Among MSM reporting condomless sex, 49% (95% CI: 45%-53%) were tested in the past 6 months, and 26% (95% CI: 22%-30%) in the past 3 months. Among MSM reporting ≥ 2 sex partners, 49% (95% CI: 44%-54%) were tested in the past 6 months and 26% (95% CI: 22%-29%) in the past 3 months.
conclusionsNearly one-third of sexually active HIV-positive MSM were not tested annually, and many at increased risk were not tested at recommended frequencies. Efforts to improve compliance with screening guidelines for high-risk HIV-positive MSM are warranted.
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