Sexually Transmitted Infections

Papers
(The TQCC of Sexually Transmitted Infections is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-10-01 to 2024-10-01.)
ArticleCitations
Love during lockdown: findings from an online survey examining the impact of COVID-19 on the sexual health of people living in Australia95
Reporting of sexually transmitted infections during the COVID-19 pandemic68
Reduced sexual contacts with non-steady partners and less PrEP use among MSM in Belgium during the first weeks of the COVID-19 lockdown: results of an online survey64
Adverse pregnancy and neonatal outcomes associated with Neisseria gonorrhoeae: systematic review and meta-analysis62
COVID-19 restrictions and changing sexual behaviours in HIV-negative MSM at high risk of HIV infection in London, UK54
Effect of syphilis infection on HIV acquisition: a systematic review and meta-analysis54
International Sexual Health And REproductive health (I-SHARE) survey during COVID-19: study protocol for online national surveys and global comparative analyses42
Where to go to in chlamydia control? From infection control towards infectious disease control35
Case of apparent mpox reinfection34
Prevalence, incidence and associated risk factors of STIs during pregnancy in South Africa28
Coronavirus (COVID-19) and young people’s sexual health28
Impacts of COVID-19 on sexual behaviour in Britain: findings from a large, quasi-representative survey (Natsal-COVID)27
Sexual consent and chemsex: a quantitative study on sexualised drug use and non-consensual sex among men who have sex with men in Amsterdam, the Netherlands25
Factors associated with interest in a long-acting HIV regimen: perspectives of people living with HIV and healthcare providers in four European countries25
Factors associated with reporting antibiotic use as STI prophylaxis among HIV PrEP users: findings from a cross-sectional online community survey, May–July 2019, UK23
Sexual health (excluding reproductive health, intimate partner violence and gender-based violence) and COVID-19: a scoping review23
Adverse pregnancy and perinatal outcomes associated with Mycoplasma genitalium: systematic review and meta-analysis22
Incidence and duration of incident oropharyngeal gonorrhoea and chlamydia infections among men who have sex with men: prospective cohort study21
Sexual transmission of infections across Europe: appraising the present, scoping the future21
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on STIs in Greece20
Characteristics associated with Lactobacillus iners-dominated vaginal microbiota20
COVID-19-related nationwide lockdown did not reduce the reported diagnoses ofChlamydia trachomatisandNeisseria gonorrhoeaein Finland20
Chemsex and incidence of sexually transmitted infections among Canadian pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) users in the l’Actuel PrEP Cohort (2013–2020)19
BASHH updated position statement on doxycycline as prophylaxis for sexually transmitted infections18
Factors associated with sexually transmitted shigella in men who have sex with men: a systematic review18
Chemsex and diagnoses of syphilis, gonorrhoea and chlamydia among men who have sex with men in the UK: a multivariable prediction model using causal inference methodology18
Sexual health interventions delivered to participants by mobile technology: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials17
Implementation of a standardised and quality-assured enhanced gonococcal antimicrobial surveillance programme in accordance with WHO protocols in Kampala, Uganda17
Cost-effectiveness of two screening strategies forChlamydia trachomatisandNeisseria gonorrhoeaeas part of the PrEP programme in the Netherlands: a modelling study17
Comparison of the patterns of chlamydia and gonorrhoea at the oropharynx, anorectum and urethra among men who have sex with men17
Diagnoses of syphilis and HIV infection during the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan17
‘Stay at home …’: exploring the impact of the COVID-19 public health response on sexual behaviour and health service use among men who have sex with men: findings from a large online survey in the UK17
Neurotoxicities in the treatment of HIV between dolutegravir, rilpivirine and dolutegravir/rilpivirine: a meta-analysis17
Access to, usage and clinical outcomes of, online postal sexually transmitted infection services: a scoping review16
Epidemiology of herpes simplex virus type 2 in Latin America and the Caribbean: systematic review, meta-analyses and metaregressions16
Development of an international sexual and reproductive health survey instrument: results from a pilot WHO/HRP consultative Delphi process15
Online self-sampling kits to screen multipartner MSM for HIV and other STIs: participant characteristics and factors associated with kit use in the first 3 months of the MemoDepistages programme, Fran15
Modelling the contribution that different sexual practices involving the oropharynx and saliva have on Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections at multiple anatomical sites in men who have sex with men15
Prevalence of curable STIs and bacterial vaginosis during pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis14
Dose selection for a phase III study evaluating gepotidacin (GSK2140944) in the treatment of uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhoea14
Sexually transmitted infections among women randomised to depot medroxyprogesterone acetate, a copper intrauterine device or a levonorgestrel implant14
Accessing needed sexual health services during the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia, Canada: a survey of sexual health service clients14
Going beyond ‘regular and casual’: development of a classification of sexual partner types to enhance partner notification for STIs14
STIs during the first and second wave of COVID-19 in Denmark14
Factors associated with lower knowledge of HIV and STI transmission, testing and treatment among MSM in Ireland: findings from the MSM Internet Survey Ireland (MISI) 201513
Evidence of changing sexual behaviours and clinical attendance patterns, alongside increasing diagnoses of STIs in MSM and TPSM13
Impact of the early 2020 COVID-19 crisis and lockdown on PrEP use among men who have sex with men (MSM) in France13
An update on the performance of STI services for gay and bisexual men across European cities: results from the 2017 European MSM Internet Survey12
Lymphogranuloma venereum genovariants in men having sex with men in Italy12
Perceptions of an HIV self-testing intervention and its potential role in addressing the barriers to HIV testing among at-risk heterosexual men: a qualitative analysis12
How did COVID-19 measures impact sexual behaviour and access to HIV/STI services in Panama? Results from a national cross-sectional online survey12
Pre-exposure prophylaxis and bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among gay and bisexual men12
Emerging impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on sexual health in Lebanon12
Diagnostic role of CXCL13 and CSF serology in patients with neurosyphilis12
Evidence of HIV pre-exposure or post-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP/PEP) among blood donors: a pilot study, England June 2018 to July 201912
How can we make self-sampling packs for sexually transmitted infections and bloodborne viruses more inclusive? A qualitative study with people with mild learning disabilities and low health literacy12
Universal lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) testing of rectal chlamydia in men who have sex with men and detection of asymptomatic LGV11
Ethnic inequalities in mental health and socioeconomic status among older women living with HIV: results from the PRIME Study11
Is there an association between previous infection withNeisseria gonorrhoeaeand gonococcal AMR? A cross-sectional analysis of national and sentinel surveillance data in England, 2015–201911
Population rates of HIV, gonorrhoea and syphilis diagnoses by sexual orientation in New Zealand11
Effect of police enforcement and extreme social inequalities on violence and mental health among women who sell sex: findings from a cohort study in London, UK10
Clinical outcomes of syphilis in HIV-negative and HIV-positive MSM: occurrence of repeat syphilis episodes and non-treponemal serology responses10
Are all blood-based postal sampling kits the same? A comparative service evaluation of the performance of dried blood spot and mini tube sample collection systems for postal HIV and syphilis testing10
COVID-19, fear and sexual behaviour: a survey in a tertiary STI clinic in Lisbon10
COVID-19 impact on bacterial sexually transmitted infections in England between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 202010
Assessing the costs and outcomes of control programmes for sexually transmitted infections: a systematic review of economic evaluations10
Modified self-obtained pooled sampling to screen forChlamydia trachomatisandNeisseria gonorrhoeaeinfections in men who have sex with men9
Perceived efficacy of HIV treatment-as-prevention among university students in Johannesburg, South Africa9
Shigellais common in symptomatic and asymptomatic men who have sex with men visiting a sexual health clinic in Amsterdam9
Clinical efficacy and tolerability of 1.5 g/day oral amoxicillin therapy without probenecid for the treatment of syphilis9
Sexual behaviours associated with incident high-risk anal human papillomavirus among gay and bisexual men9
Impact of point-of-care testing and treatment of sexually transmitted infections and bacterial vaginosis on genital tract inflammatory cytokines in a cohort of young South African women9
Changes in STI and HIV testing and testing need among men who have sex with men during the UK’s COVID-19 pandemic response9
HIV non-occupational postexposure prophylaxis (nPEP) usage among five key populations in China9
High proportions of rectal and pharyngeal chlamydia and gonorrhoea cases among cisgender men are missed using current CDC screening recommendations8
Diverging trends in US male-female condom use by STI risk factors: a nationally representative study8
Patterns of anxiety and distress over 12 months following participation in HPV primary screening8
Gonorrhoea during COVID-19 in London, UK8
What do young people in high-income countries want from STI testing services? A systematic review8
Evidence supporting the standardisation of extragenital gonorrhoea and chlamydia screenings for women8
Recent changes in the reporting of STIs in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic7
Molecular screening in a longitudinal cohort of young men who have sex with men and young transgender women: associations with focus on the emerging sexually transmitted pathogenMycoplasma genitali7
Substance use treatment partially mitigates association between methamphetamine use and STI risk: findings from the NSDUH cohort7
Implementation of a national HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis service is associated with changes in characteristics of people with newly diagnosed HIV: a retrospective cohort study7
Modelling the impact of vaccination and sexual behaviour adaptations on mpox cases in the USA during the 2022 outbreak7
Determinants associated with viable genital or rectalChlamydia trachomatisbacterial load (FemCure)7
Improved rapid diagnostic tests to detect syphilis and yaws: a systematic review and meta-analysis7
Continuing evidence that COVID-19 has influenced syphilis epidemiology in Rome7
HIV and STI positivity rates among transgender people attending two large STI clinics in the Netherlands7
Factors associated with sexually transmitted infection diagnosis in women who have sex with women, women who have sex with men and women who have sex with both6
Improved sensitivity from pooled urine, pharyngeal and rectal specimens when using a molecular assay for the detection of chlamydia and gonorrhoea near point of care6
Prophylactic use of antibiotics for sexually transmitted infections: awareness and use among HIV PrEP users in Belgium6
Ensuring retention in care for people living with HIV during the COVID-19 pandemic in Rome, Italy6
High levels of undiagnosed rectal STIs suggest that screening remains inadequate among Black gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men6
Clinical and laboratory features of 244 men with primary syphilis: a 5-year single-centre retrospective study6
Quantifying heterogeneity in sexual behaviour and distribution of STIs before and after pre-exposure prophylaxis among men who have sex with men6
Sexual behaviour, STI and HIV testing and testing need among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men recruited for online surveys pre/post-COVID-19 restrictions in the UK6
Safeguarding teenagers in a sexual health service during the COVID-19 pandemic6
Chlamydia trachomatisandMycoplasma genitaliumprevalence and associated factors among women presenting to a pregnancy termination and contraception clinic, 2009–20196
Choice of antibiotics for prophylaxis of bacterial STIs among individuals currently self-sourcing6
Syphilis self-testing to expand test uptake among men who have sex with men: a theoretically informed mixed methods study in Zimbabwe6
Sexual and reproductive health in Britain during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: cross-sectional population survey (Natsal-COVID-Wave 2) and national surveillance data5
Prevalence of hepatitis B immunity and infection in home self-sampling HIV service users5
Performance of human papillomavirus DNA detection in residual specimens taken forChlamydia trachomatisandNeisseria gonorrhoeaenucleic acid amplification testing in men who have sex with 5
Improving our understanding of the disproportionate incidence of STIs in heterosexual-identifying people of black Caribbean heritage: findings from a longitudinal study of sexual health clinic attende5
Opposing associations of depression with sexual behaviour: implications for epidemiological investigation among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men5
Understanding sexual transmission dynamics and transmission contexts of monkeypox virus: a mixed-methods study of the early outbreak in Belgium (May–June 2022)5
High uptake of vaccination against mpox in men who have sex with men (MSM) on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in Paris, France5
Predictive value of neurological symptoms in persons with suspected neurosyphilis5
Does being on HIV antiretroviral therapy increase the risk of syphilis? An analysis of a large national cohort of MSM living with HIV in England 2009–20165
Race to address sexual health inequalities among people of Black Caribbean heritage: could co-production lead to more culturally appropriate guidance and practice?5
Self-sampling strategies (with/without digital innovations) in populations at risk ofChlamydia trachomatisandNeisseria gonorrhoeae: a systematic review and meta-analyses5
Treatment of mild-to-moderate pelvic inflammatory disease with a short-course azithromycin-based regimen versus ofloxacin plus metronidazole: results of a multicentre, randomised controlled trial5
Vaginal microbiota in ethnically diverse young women who did or did not develop pelvic inflammatory disease: community-based prospective study5
Systematic identification and replication of factors associated with human papillomavirus vaccine initiation among adolescents in the United States using an environment-wide association study approach5
Anal and oral detection ofTreponema pallidumin men who have sex with men with early syphilis infection5
Risk factors for HIV infection among men who have sex with men in the ANRS IPERGAY PrEP trial5
Increase of early syphilis cases during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic5
Trichoscopy of syphilitic alopecia: a systematic review5
Single-tablet regimen of emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate plus cobicistat-boosted elvitegravir increase adherence for HIV postexposure prophylaxis in sexual assault victims5
Which interventions improve HPV vaccination uptake and intention in children, adolescents and young adults? An umbrella review5
High prevalence and incidence of gonorrhoea and chlamydia in young women eligible for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in South Africa and Zimbabwe: results from the HPTN 082 trial5
Decrease in the incidence of chlamydia infection during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea4
Chemsex, sexual behaviour and STI-PrEP use among HIV-PrEP users during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brighton, UK4
Characterisation of the novel clinical isolate X-4 containing a new tp0548 sequence-type4
Cross-sectional assessment of determinants of STIs among men who have sex with men and transgender women in Kigali, Rwanda4
Epidemiological trends in notified syphilis diagnoses during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil4
Clinical presentation and serological diagnosis of syphilis reinfection in men living with HIV: a retrospective cohort study4
How did the COVID-19 pandemic affect access to condoms, chlamydia and HIV testing, and cervical cancer screening at a population level in Britain? (Natsal-COVID)4
HIV testing in termination of pregnancy and colposcopy services: a scoping review4
High prevalence of anal papillomavirus infection in men who have sex with men PrEP users4
Is SMS text or email more effective for recruitment into sexual health research?4
High incidence of asymptomatic genital tract infections in pregnancy in adolescent girls and young women: need for repeat aetiological screening4
Incident urogenital and anorectal Chlamydia trachomatis in women: the role of sexual exposure and autoinoculation: a multicentre observational study (FemCure)4
Mental health and implications for antiretroviral adherence in a multiethnic Asian cohort4
Self-start HIV postexposure prophylaxis (PEPSE), to reduce time to first dose and increase efficacy4
Self-sampled specimens demonstrate comparable accuracy and consistency to clinician-sampled specimens for HPV detection among men who have sex with men in China4
Risk factors for placental human papillomavirus infection4
Retrospective testing for mpox virus in routine STI screens from men who have sex with men in England, August–October 20224
Association between rectal gonorrhoea and HIV incidence in men who have sex with men: a meta-analysis4
Post-exposure prophylaxis, STI testing and factors associated with follow-up attendance: a review of 4159 cases of acute post-sexual assault medical care4
Decrease in incidence of sexually transmitted infections symptoms in men who have sex with men enrolled in a quarterly HIV prevention and care programme in West Africa (CohMSM ANRS 12324—Expertise Fra4
PrEP2U: delivering HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in partnership from a community setting4
Timing of primary syphilis treatment and impact on the development of treponemal antibodies: a cross-sectional clinic-based study4
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