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22 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Epidemiology ofBMJ global health · 2026Pooled it
- Sexually transmitted infections in the middle east and North Africa: comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Pooled it
- Epidemiology of gonorrhea in countries of the Middle East and North Africa: systematic review, meta analyses, and meta regressions.BMC global and public health · 2024Pooled it
- Prevalence and trends of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in female sex workers and men who have sex with men in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- Epidemiology of gonorrhoea: systematic review, meta-analyses, and meta-regressions, World Health Organization European Region, 1949 to 2021.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2024Pooled it
- HSV-2 as a biomarker of HIV epidemic potential in female sex workers: meta-analysis, global epidemiology and implications.Scientific reports · 2020Pooled it
- 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
- Epidemiology of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Jordan: prevalence, incidence, and clearance from a national laboratory dataset, 2014-2025.BMC public health · 2026Observational
- Syphilis epidemiology in Jordan: prevalence, incidence, and seroreversion from 15 years of laboratory-based data.Scientific reports · 2026Observational
- Detection of sexually transmitted infection agents in pregnant women using multiplex polymerase chain reaction method.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
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- Syphilis infection prevalence in the Middle East and North Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.EClinicalMedicine · 2024Article
- Exposure toPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Intersecting social-ecological vulnerabilities to and lived experiences of sexually transmitted infections among Syrian refugee women in Lebanon: A qualitative study.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), associations with sociodemographic and behavioural factors, and assessment of the syndromic management of vaginal discharge in women with urogenital complaints in Mozambique.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2024Article
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- Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Kenya Demonstrate Rapid STI Incidence Following First Sex: Data From a Longitudinal Cohort.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2023Article
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases among Saudi Women: Knowledge and Misconceptions.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Determinants of sexually transmitted infections among female sex workers in Ethiopia: a count regression model approach.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and the role of commercial heterosexual sex networks in driving STI transmission in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region remain largely unknown.
objectiveTo characterize the epidemiology of
methodsA systematic review on ten international, regional, and country-level databases was conducted, and reported following PRISMA guidelines. Pooled prevalences of current and/or ever infection for each STI were estimated using random-effects meta-analyses. Sources of between-study heterogeneity were investigated through random-effects meta-regressions.
resultsOne
conclusionsSTI infection levels among FSWs in MENA are considerable, supporting a key role for commercial heterosexual sex networks in transmission dynamics, and highlighting the health needs of this neglected and vulnerable population. Syphilis prevalence in FSWs appears to have been declining for at least three decades. Gaps in evidence persist for multiple countries.
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