ArticleSexually transmitted diseases2020
Partner Notification Among Persons With Early Syphilis in Shenzhen, China, 2011-2017: Implications for Practice and Policy.
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- Optimizing Peer Distribution of Syphilis Self-Testing Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in China: A Multi-City Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial.Archives of sexual behavior · 2023Trial
- Characteristics of and Factors Associated With Partner Service Uptake Cascade Among People With Newly Reported HIV/AIDS Diagnoses in Southeastern China in 2022: Cross-Sectional Survey.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2024Article
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backgroundPartner notification (PN) is an essential component of syphilis control and is recommended by Chinese Sexually Transmitted Disease guidelines. However, in China, studies examining local practice are limited. This study evaluated PN outcomes among persons with early syphilis infection in an urban district in China.
methodsFrom 2011 to 2017, persons diagnosed with early syphilis were asked to participate in an evaluation of supportive patient referral partner services for all recent sex partners, and the contact and case finding indices were determined in Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China.
resultsDuring the study period, 642 index patients with early syphilis reported 1749 sex partners. Of those partners, 678 were potentially contactable and 525 (30%) were contacted. The overall contact index was 0.82. Among the 1749 partners reported, 1108 (63%) were described as casual partners, and only 37 (3%) were contacted (contact index 0.13) compared with 641 partners who were either spouses and regular partners (contact index, 1.37). Among those 525 partners contacted, 418 (80%) were tested, and 205 (39%) were diagnosed with and treated for syphilis. Among those, 9 (4%) were primary, 26 (13%) were secondary, 16 (8%) were early latent, and 154 (49%) were other syphilis infections. The overall case finding index was 0.29.
conclusionsThere is a need to improve PN practices in China, which include developing operational guidelines of PN and to develop and evaluate novel PN ways like using Internet-based strategy.
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