OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Sexually Transmitted Infections is 3. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Ocular presentation of primary syphilis in a man with HIV	54
Investigating the impact of condomless vaginal intercourse and lubricant use on the vaginal metabolome: a pre-post observational study	40
Epidemiological characteristics and antibiotic susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from Greece during 2009–2023	39
A case of chronic bacterial prostatitis due toMycoplasma genitalium	37
Developing and validating a Bayesian clinical risk prediction model for three sexually transmitted infections in key populations from two Canadian provinces	33
Hepatitis C virus infection is uncommon at baseline and during follow-up among individuals using PrEP in the Dutch national PrEP programme between 2019 and 2022	29
How might AI transform sexual healthcare?	28
Factors associated with the presence of stigma towards people living with HIV among healthcare workers in Poland	27
Understanding experiences of potential harm among MSM (cis and trans) using HIV self-testing in the SELPHI randomised controlled trial in England and Wales: a mixed-methods study	25
Mycoplasma genitalium and antimicrobial resistance among the general female and male population in northern Spain	23
Polyphenylene carboxymethylene (PPCM), the active component of the topical contraceptive Yaso-GEL, exhibits potent antimicrobial activity againstNeisseria gonorrhoeaein preclinical studies	22
Preferences for pre-exposure prophylaxis service package among men who have sex with men in Australia: a discrete choice experiment	18
Laboratory evaluation of the Allplex NG & DR assay for detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and associated azithromycin and ciprofloxacin resistance ma	18
Seroconversion in syphilis screening without positive confirmatory tests points at early infection	17
Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1	17
Hepatitis A and B vaccination in gbMSM in Ireland: findings from the European MSM Internet Survey 2017 (EMIS-2017)	16
Regression-based risk scores using sociodemographic and sexual behaviour data do not predict asymptomatic sexually transmitted infections among HIV PrEP users	16
Effectiveness of the national HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) programme among female sex workers in Rwanda: a retrospective cohort study	16
Qualitative exploration of the barriers and facilitators to community pharmacy PrEP delivery for UK pharmacists and underserved community members using the COM-B model of behaviour change	15
STRIKE-HBV: establishing an HBV screening programme in Kilifi, Kenya—challenges, successes and lessons learnt	15
Prevalence of chlamydia and gonorrhea in US Air Force male basic trainees	15
Prevalence and factors associated with sexually transmitted infections and engagement in HIV care among female sex workers in two large cities of Zimbabwe: Analysis of respondent-driven sampling surve	14
HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (HIV-PrEP) awareness in sexual health clinic attendees in Brighton, UK	12
Returning home sampling kits for STI and HIV testing in people using a digital health HIV-PrEP pathway (PrEP-EmERGE)	12
Sexual transmission of infections across Europe: appraising the present, scoping the future	11

Anorectal Mpox in men who have sex with men associated with sexually transmitted co-infections: a case series	11
Increasing awareness of the risk of drug-induced intracranial hypertension in patients with acne requiring treatment for bacterial STI	11
Evaluation of current clinical guidelines for the management of sexually transmissible enteric infections using the AGREE II toolkit	11
‘It’s less traumatic because you’re in your own home’: exploring trauma-informed care for digital sexual health services – a secondary qualitative data analysis	11
Sexually transmitted infections diagnosed in individuals presenting for forensic and medical care following sexual assault	11
Prevalence of STIs and people’s satisfaction in a general population STI testing site in Bern, Switzerland	10
Validation of self-reported male circumcision status and genital ulcer disease among Ugandan men	10
Recurrent pelvic pain in people who disclose domestic and sexual violence: a call for a trauma-informed approach	10
The Centenary Series - STIs Through the Ages:From mercury to penicillin—a brief history of syphilis treatments	9
Sexually transmitted infections among key populations using oral HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in resource-limited settings: data from a real-world pilot implementation in Indonesia	9
Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and sexually transmissible enteric infections in men who have sex with men: PPI-stewardship	9
Retrospective testing for mpox virus in routine STI screens from men who have sex with men in England, August–October 2022	9
Prevalence of co-infection between high-risk human papillomavirus and common sexually transmitted infections in cervical specimens	8
Research news in clinical context	8
Characterising a syndemic among black women at risk for HIV: the role of sociostructural inequity and adverse childhood experiences	8
Doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis may delay seroconversion in incident syphilis	8
Single versus three doses of benzathine penicillin G for early syphilis in pregnancy: no added benefit in serological response or neonatal outcomes	8
Phagedenic chancres: a neglected diagnosis?	8
Predictors of starting and stopping chemsex in men who have sex with men in England: findings from the AURAH2 prospective study	8
ChatGPT as a tool to improve access to knowledge on sexually transmitted infections	8
Consensus for integrating the point-of-care Genital Inflammation Test (GIFT) into sexually transmitted infection management guidelines: results from a two-round modified Delphi survey	7
Estimated global and regional incidence and prevalence of herpes simplex virus infections and genital ulcer disease in 2020: mathematical modelling analyses	7
Implementation preferences for the management of sexually transmitted infections in the South African health system: a discrete choice experiment	7
Characterisation of a syndemic of STI symptoms, substance use and violence among incarcerated Peruvian women	7
Characteristics and rates of infection by HIV in people receiving non-occupational post-exposure prophylaxis (nPEP) against HIV	7
Could tolerance explain an individual’s eight episodes of gonococcal treatment failure with ceftriaxone? A case report	7
Clinical and laboratory aspects of condylomata lata lesions of syphilis	7
Douching cessation and molecular bacterial vaginosis: a reanalysis of archived specimens	7
The Centenary Series - STIs Through the Ages: A Medical and Social Journey:The 1910 syphilis experiment in Melbourne	7
COP27 climate change conference: urgent action needed for Africa and the world	6
Greening up sexual health services	6
Self-sampling with oral rinse to detect oropharyngeal Neisseria gonorrhoeae among men who have sex with men: results from an exploratory study in Belgium (the SSONG Study)	6
Evaluation of the diagnostic performance of the Eazyplex platform for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae	6
Research news in clinical context	6
Egocentric sexual network analysis among gay and bisexual men who have sex with men with and without mpox infection	6
PerformingTrichomonas vaginalisculture in research studies in low-resource settings	6
Correspondence on ‘Lymphogranuloma venereum mimicking squamous cell carcinoma’ by ’Sara Tormo-Mainar et al’	6
Experiences of initiating rapid antiretroviral therapy among people newly diagnosed with HIV in East London: a qualitative study	6
Methodological quality of systematic reviews of the local management of anogenital warts: a systematic review using AMSTAR II, ROBIS and PRISMA	6
‘Bish bash bosh’: the experiences of men who have sex with men providing self-taken oropharyngeal, rectal, meatal and first-catch urine specimens, and pooling genital and extragenital specimens for	6
Effect of antenatalChlamydia trachomatisandNeisseria gonorrhoeaescreening on postdelivery prevalence and vertical transmission in Gaborone, Botswana: findings from an exploratory study	6
Congenital syphilis: contemporary update on an ancient disease	6
Mpox after vaccination: a case series	6
Case of penile white sponge nevus repeatedly treated as genital wart	6
Understanding the duration of tongue kissing among female sex workers for potential oropharyngeal–oropharyngeal gonorrhoea transmission	6
STI self-testing: ensuring representation and outreach to teens and adolescents in expanded approaches	5
Estimating the number of people who could benefit from HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in England and the unmet need	5
Awareness, attitudes and early use of doxycycline prophylaxis among gbMSM in Ireland: findings from a 2025 community-based cross-sectional survey	5
High burden of human papillomavirus and premalignant cervical lesions among women starting HIV treatment in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	5
Safety of carrageenan-based gels as preventive microbicides: a narrative review	5

Uncertain pathogenicity of Pasteurella bettyae in genital and extra-genital sites: insights from a French series of 25 cases	5
Early adopters of doxycycline as post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent bacterial sexually transmitted infections in a real-world clinical setting	5
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)	5
What are we missing? Data from the Gonorrhoea Undetected Resistance Laboratory Study (GURLS)	5
Oral and anal shedding of Treponema pallidum in patients with syphilis in the DOXYVAC cohort	5
Digital health HIV-PrEP pathway users value a blended in-person / virtual model of care: a user evaluation of the PrEP EmERGE pathway	5
Detection of hepatitis delta virus RNA in cervical swab and seminal plasma of chronic hepatitis delta patients	5
Mpox vaccination in a patient on anti-IL-23 therapy was well tolerated and led to seroconversion	5
Sexually transmitted infections and sexual practices with non-work partners, among female sex workers attending a sexual health clinic in Melbourne, 2011-2020	5
Unusual presentation of disseminated gonococcal infection	5
Missed opportunities for anal cancer (AC) screening in women living with HIV: results from a survey across the European region	5
Self-start HIV postexposure prophylaxis (PEPSE), to reduce time to first dose and increase efficacy	5
Sexual network characteristics and partnership types among men who have sex with men diagnosed with syphilis, gonorrhoea and/or chlamydia in Lima, Peru	5
Concurrent partner treatment to improve BV cure	5
Training obstetrician gynaecologists in HIV PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis): a 2-year experience	5
Sexual practices and risk behaviours towards human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among Ecuadorian university students: a cross-sectional study	5
Prophylactic use of antibiotics for sexually transmitted infections: awareness and use among HIV PrEP users in Belgium	4
What do young people want? (from a sexual health service)	4
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 data	4
Introducing the first UK national guideline for the use of doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis (doxyPEP) for the prevention of syphilis	4
The Centenary Series - STIs Through the Ages: The dawn of the syphilis pandemic in the Old World: history and geography of syphilis in the early sixteenth century	4
Sexually transmitted infections and migration in Uganda: a population-based study	4
Missed opportunities for guidance on sexually transmitted infection services: a global review of national HIV PrEP guidance	4
Two-week course of minocycline therapy for early syphilis compared with benzathine penicillin G: a single-centre retrospective cohort study	4
Single case of lymphogranuloma venereum on the tongue	4
Point-of-care testing for chlamydia and gonorrhoea: a narrative review of patient perspectives and implementation into non-traditional settings	4
Preferences for sexual health services among middle-aged and older adults in the UK: a discrete choice experiment	4
The Centenary Series - STIs Through the Ages: ‘The Sins of the Fathers are Visited upon the Children’: the history of congenital syphilis	4
Research news in clinical context	4
Effect of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions on chlamydia and gonorrhoea notifications and testing in Queensland, Australia: an interrupted time series analysis	4
Sexual behaviours and sexual health among middle-aged and older adults in Britain	4
Research news in clinical context	4
Complex role of digital health literacy in awareness and use of digital sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections testing: a structural equation modelling analysis of the 2022 GetCheckedOnline s	4
Aetiological molecular identification of sexually transmitted infections that cause urethral discharge syndrome and genital ulcer disease in Brazilian men: a nationwide study	4
PrEP2U: a novel community partnership HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis clinic	4
Sexual health in the UK: the experience of racially minoritised communities and the need for stakeholder input	4
Epidemiology of syphilis among female sex workers and pregnant women during a period of increasing syphilis among women in Japan, 2019–2021	4
Willingness to participate in a long-acting injectable cabotegravir HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis study among men who have sex with men in the French ANRS-PREVENIR cohort	3
Performance of the first commercial dual resistance assay, AmpliSens Mycoplasma genitalium-ML/FQ-Resist-FL, for detection of potential macrolide and quinolone resistance-associated mutations an	3
Predictors of receiving a doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis (Doxy-PEP) prescription for the prevention of bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in a community-based clinic: a case–contro	3
Public health and clinical response to an mpox outbreak in Slovenia: case study, 2022–2023	3
Trends inChlamydia trachomatisIgG seroprevalence in the general population of the Netherlands over 20 years	3
Association of self-reported HIV infection with oral pre-exposure prophylaxis use among women of reproductive age in Lesotho: evidence from mixed-effects estimates of nationally representative data	3
Impact of reduced chlamydia testing on STI testing and provider preferences in the Netherlands: an experimental vignette study	3
Expanding the pipeline for multipurpose prevention technologies: compounds with potential activity to prevent or treat HIV and other STIs	3
In conversation with Dr Paddy Horner	3
Factors associated with bacterial sexually transmitted infections among people of South Asian ethnicity in England	3
InvasiveNeisseria meningitidissubtype C in gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men: a systematic review	3
Research news in clinical context	3
Pilot study to explore the characteristics of Chagossian people living with HIV in Crawley, UK	3
Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections and associated risk factors among female sex workers in Guinea-Bissau	3
Do men who have sex with men recognise syphilis symptoms? A syphilis awareness campaign in Amsterdam, the Netherlands	3
Doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis among men who have sex with men and transgender women in Belgium: awareness, use and antimicrobial resistance concerns in a cross-sectional online survey	3
Using crowdsourcing at an academic conference to develop STI testing messaging for public dissemination	3
High-grade and low-grade HPV-induced urethral lesions treated by CO₂laser under colposcopy	3
Reactive HIV testing and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use in a London sexual health clinic	3
Interesting case of syphilis with atypical vegetative lesions	3
Increase inNeisseria gonorrhoeaeinfections after ending COVID-19 lockdown measures in Amsterdam, the Netherlands	3
Case ofHaemophilus influenzaeurethritis in a male patient	3
TESTATE STI project: an online chlamydia and gonorrhoea self-sampling strategy for gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men and trans people in Catalonia (Spain)	3
Emerging risk of sexual transmission of Oropouche virus	3
Self-sampling strategies (with/without digital innovations) in populations at risk ofChlamydia trachomatisandNeisseria gonorrhoeae: a systematic review and meta-analyses	3
Lefamulin forMycoplasma genitaliumtreatment failure in Australia and the USA: a case series and pilot open-label parallel arm randomised trial	3
Timing of HPV vaccination as adjuvant treatment of CIN2+ recurrence in women undergoing surgical excision: a meta-analysis and meta-regression	3
PriorNeisseria meningitidis(Nm) proctitis does not preventNeisseria gonorrhoeae(Ng) proctitis among men who have sex with men (MSM)	3