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ArticleSexually transmitted diseases2019

Evaluation of 4 Algorithms to Identify Incident Syphilis Among HIV-Positive Men Who Have Sex With Men Engaged in Primary Care.

Timothy William Menza, Kenneth Levine, Chris Grasso, Kenneth Mayer

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Article in Sexually transmitted diseases, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Potential impact of doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis prescribing strategies on incidence of bacterial sexually transmitted infections.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2023
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  3. 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 · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Timothy William MenzaFrom The Fenway Institute, Boston, MA.
Kenneth Levine
Chris Grasso
Kenneth Mayer

Funding

Unsolicited R24 for the CFAR-Network of Integrated Clinical Sciences, CNICSR24AI067039 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI Michael S. Saag · 2006 to 2026
$99.4M
The impact of HIV viral diversity and cellular immunity on HIV pathogenesisP30AI060354 · NIAID · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI ROBERT A. PARKER · 2004 to 2026
$94.4M
NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI060354NIAID NIH HHS R24 AI067039
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We developed 4 algorithms for syphilis among HIV-positive men who have sex with men who engaged in primary care in 2016 to 2017. Clinician-based diagnosis from chart reviews was the gold standard. Sensitivities ranged from 74.2% to 93.9%. Specificities were greater than 99% with positive and negative predictive values of greater than 95%. Algorithms that incorporated treatment data performed best.

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AlgorithmsHomosexuality, MalePrimary Health CareHumansMalePredictive Value of TestsRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsSensitivity and SpecificitySexual PartnersSyphilis

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PMID30383620
PMCPMC6417967

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