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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2022

Prevalence and Correlates of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Transgender People: An Italian Multicentric Cross-Sectional Study.

Carlotta Cocchetti, Alessia Romani, Francesca Mazzoli, Jiska Ristori, Filippo Lagi, Maria Cristina Meriggiola, Giovanna Motta, Marina Pierdominici, Alessandro Bartoloni, Linda Vignozzi and 2 more

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Prevalence of syphilis in transgender women and travestis in Brazil: results from a national cross-sectional study.Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology · 2024
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  3. Journal of clinical medicine · 2023
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  4. Beyond the binary: Clinico-epidemiological insights from a transgender case series.Indian journal of sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS
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12 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Carlotta CocchettiAndrology, Women's Endocrinology and Gender Incongruence Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Viale Pieraccini 6, 50100 Florence, Italy.
Alessia RomaniAndrology, Women's Endocrinology and Gender Incongruence Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Viale Pieraccini 6, 50100 Florence, Italy.
Francesca MazzoliAndrology, Women's Endocrinology and Gender Incongruence Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Viale Pieraccini 6, 50100 Florence, Italy.
Jiska RistoriAndrology, Women's Endocrinology and Gender Incongruence Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Viale Pieraccini 6, 50100 Florence, Italy.
Filippo LagiInfectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Careggi University Hospital, 50134 Florence, Italy.
Maria Cristina MeriggiolaGynecology and Physiopathology of Human Reproduction, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0061-9834
Giovanna MottaDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Metabolism, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy.
Marina PierdominiciCenter for Gender-Specific Medicine, Italian National Institute of Health, 00138 Rome, Italy.
Alessandro BartoloniInfectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Careggi University Hospital, 50134 Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9758-1523
Linda VignozziAndrology, Women's Endocrinology and Gender Incongruence Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Viale Pieraccini 6, 50100 Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0907-0630
Mario MaggiEndocrinology Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences "Mario Serio", Careggi University Hospital, University of Florence, 50139 Florence, Italy.
Alessandra Daphne FisherAndrology, Women's Endocrinology and Gender Incongruence Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Viale Pieraccini 6, 50100 Florence, Italy.
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi · ITAzienda USL di Bologna · ITUniversity of Florence · ITUniversity of Turin · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The burden of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the transgender population remains an underestimated issue. The aims of the present study were to evaluate the prevalence of either self-reported and serological STIs and to describe socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of transgender individuals with STIs. A consecutive series of 705 transgender individuals (assigned-male at birth, AMAB n = 377; assigned-female at birth, AFAB n = 328) referring to six Italian gender clinics were included. Sociodemographic and clinical information was collected during the first visit. In a subsample of 126 individuals prevalence of STIs (human immunodeficiency virus, HIV; hepatitis C, HCV; hepatitis B, HBV; syphilis) were evaluated through serology tests. The self-reported prevalence of HIV, HBV, HCV and syphilis infection in the total sample were 3.4%, 1.6%, 2.6% and 2.0%, respectively. In the subsample who underwent serological tests, higher rates of serological prevalence were found (9.5%, 4.0%, 5.6% and 7.9% for HIV, HBV, HCV and syphilis, respectively). When comparing transgender people with or without self-reported STIs, unemployment, previous incarceration, justice problems and sex work resulted more frequent in the first group (p< 0.03 for all). Regarding health status, we observed higher rates of lifetime substance abuse and psychiatric morbidities in trans people with at least one reported STI (p < 0.05). The prevalence of STIs exceeded that reported in general population and STIs correlates underline the importance of stigma and discrimination as determinants of transgender health.

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epidemiologyHIVsexualitysexually transmitted infectionsstigmatransgender

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