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Jul 1, 2021

Color us happy, our impact factor went up during the pandemic! Thank you for citing

! Due to increased submissions, papers take awhile to appear in hardcopy but we will always publish-ahead-of print, so please keep SENDING US YOUR WORK!

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Herpes, Syphilis, Chlamydia, HPV... the gangs all here. Thank you to LetsGetChecked: Visit https://trylgc.com/nolke and use the code NOLKE to get 30% off you...

Feb 2, 2022

This is a MUST watch!

All the STDs in one room youtu.be/AQifhzfbWa0 via

@YouTube

youtube.com

All the STDs in one room

Eric Walsh-Buhi @ewbuhi@med-mastodon.com

@ebuhi

Jan 27, 2022

Evaluating the strength of association of HPV infection with penile carcinoma “The pooled RRs indicate up to a 4.5-fold increased risk between seropositivity for HPV infection & invasive penile cancer.” journals.lww.com/stdjournal/Abs

#PublicHealth #SexualHealth #Cancer

journals.lww.com

Evaluating the Strength of Association of Human... : Sexually Transmitted Diseases

lysis. Methods A literature search to identify population-based studies evaluating the risk of HPV infection with penile cancer was conducted via PubMed and Google Scholar databases through December...

Catharine Chambers

@CatharineTC

Jan 20, 2022

🚨New paper alert🚨 Gay and bi guys vaccinated against #HPV had a 30% lower prevalence of anal infection compared to their unvaccinated peers. Evidence that targeted #vaccination programs in #Canada work.

Anal Human Papillomavirus Prevalence Among Vaccinated and... : Sexually Transmitted Diseases

#EngageStudy

journals.lww.com

using respondent-driven sampling (RDS) between February 2017 and August 2019 in Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver, Canada. Men aged 16 to 30 years self-collected anal specimens for HPV-DNA testing....

Jan 14, 2022

WE ARE HIRING! 😀 Looking for #STD #STI #publichealth MD/DO fellow

@UCSFBixby

: 20% clinical #STI & #HIVPrEP care at

@SFCityClinic

40% teaching/training

@CaliforniaPTC

40% research/evaluation

@CAPublicHealth

Apply by Jan 31st! #STITwitter #IDTwitter californiaptc.com/wp-content/upl

MSHC Research

@MSHCResearch

Jan 10, 2022

New article from Dr Kay Htaik in

Christopher Fairley and 5 others

evaluating an online partner messaging service for #STIs called Let Them Know. Read the article here: bit.ly/34EkxFq

STD Journal

Jan 4, 2022

Our Editor in Chief has excellent fallback career options 🥐 👩‍🍳

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Bill Miller

@BillMiller_Epi

Jan 1, 2022

Is a New Year's Day diet consisting only of croissants acceptable?

With sexually transmitted infections soaring in California, new law pushes at-home tests

David C. Harvey

@DavidHarveyC

Jan 3, 2022

New law pushes home tests for sexually transmitted diseases - Los Angeles Times, quoting ⁦

@NCSDDC

⁩!

latimes.com

A new law will make California the first state to require that health insurance plans, including Medicaid, cover home STI tests.

Merry Christmas all!

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IMPORTANT PRESS RELEASE: case of ceftriaxone resistant gonorrhoea in London - condoms & regular STI testing advised @BritishHIVAssoc @BASHH_UK @suneeta_soni_ @drjohnwhite gov.uk/government/new

Antibiotic-resistant strain of gonorrhoea detected in London

Laura Waters

@drlaurajwaters

Dec 24, 2021

IMPORTANT PRESS RELEASE: case of ceftriaxone resistant gonorrhoea in London - condoms & regular STI testing advised

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is reminding people of the importance of protecting themselves against STIs and how to get tested over the holiday period and into the New Year.

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Joseph Cherabie MD, MSc

(He/They)

@JncherabieMD

Dec 21, 2021

Yes injectable Cabotegravir for PrEP is now available! Yes it is a great thing because some of our patients would love it and allows us to meet them where they are at! Yes it is still difficult AF to get covered by insurance and be able to prescribe! #STITwitter #IDTwitter

Dec 21, 2021

Christmas came early for #HIVPrEP! FDA approves #cabotegravir injectable for adults and teens. A short 🧵 1) $3700 wholesale per injection, $22K for 6 💉 per yr. (similar to branded meds, cost >generic TDF/FTC <$500/yr) 2) Initiate w/ 2 doses, one month apart, then q2 months

American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association

This is a great opportunity for trainees to explore the wonderful world of #STD #sexualhealth w/ support for both mentors and trainees! Check it out

@ASTDA1

@IDSAInfo

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@ASTDA1

Applications for the ASTDA Summer Fellowship are due January 12th! Research students and postdoctoral trainees are encouraged to apply!

Herpes Advocate

@HerpesAdvocate

Half a million new cases every year. #herpes is largest STI in this country with no cure, no effective treatment, and no prevention. Where is the outrage in the field? Where is

@CDCSTD

@NIHFunding

? HSV is not benign. It’s time to do more.

Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Incident HIV Infection During Pregnancy Predict Preterm Birth Despite...

In #COVID19 times easy to forget that #STD continue to tragically impact #womenshealth #infant health. Important study from

@uwdgh

@barbrar47

Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Incident HIV Infection During Pregnancy Predict Preterm Birth Despite Treatment

academic.oup.com

Pregnant women with chlamydia, gonorrhea, and incident HIV infection had increased risk of preterm birth. Delays in diagnosis and treatment likely attenuated tr

Access to Gender-Affirming Care Can Boost Mental Health of Trans Teens

AIDS United

@AIDS_United

Dec 18, 2021

Gender-affirming health care = mental health care = quality health care.

healthline.com

For transgender and nonbinary youth, having access to gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) can impact their odds of depression and lower their risk of suicide.

Possible False RPR Reactivity with BioPlex 2200 Syphilis Total & RPR

Dec 18, 2021

BIG syphilis news today.

@US_FDA

announces false positive RPRs after #COVIDVaccination. Here’s a short 🧵and the link.👇

fda.gov

False RPR Reactivity with BioPlex 2200 Syphilis Total & RPR following a COVID-19 Vaccine - Letter to Clinical Laboratory Staff and Health Care Providers

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CDC Antimicrobial Resistance

@CDC_AR

Dec 15, 2021

ICYMI: Read these articles in

on approaches to detect & respond to #AntibioticResistance gonorrhea. Thanks to our many STI prevention colleagues for your work to strengthen the U.S. response to this Urgent threat for the last 5 years: journals.lww.com/stdjournal/toc

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CDC STD

@CDCSTD

Nov 19, 2021

New! Read about program, epi, and lab data & lessons learned from the Strengthening the U.S. Response to Resistant Gonorrhea program. This supplement adds to the published data on public health approaches to address #AntibioticResistant gonorrhea. bit.ly/3oJMKAP

Bill Miller

@BillMiller_Epi

Dec 16, 2021

When you describe your research team in your grant & their expertise/role on the team, is it ok to just put: "They are fun to work with and they make us all laugh"?

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Joseph Cherabie MD, MSc

(He/They)

@JncherabieMD

Dec 16, 2021

Today I got to sit with one of my patients with HIV for 20 minutes talking about how having this virus in no way defines them, they are more than the virus and they have the power in this relationship, and I made them repeat it back to me, they are not the virus

Panagis Galiatsatos, MD, MHS

@panagis21

Dec 9, 2021

Me to mentee: Your first manuscript is ready to submit! Mentee: Awesome!! How long does that take? A few minutes? Me: … clear your afternoon 🤦🏻‍♂️…

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Treponema pallidum PCR testing for diagnosis of mucocutaneous ulcers suspicious for syphilis

Dec 9, 2021

Dear Santa, 🎅 All I want for Xmas is a syphilis PCR test. ⁦

@drmontynesss

⁩ found 1/6 patients with primary #syphilis & + PCR had negative serology. We need direct detection methods badly. Serology stinks Yes, I’ve been good this year, I swear. 😉

sti.bmj.com

Background Primary syphilis is characterised by the appearance of an ulcerated lesion (chancre) on the anogenital or oral mucosa from which Treponema pallidum DNA may be detectable by PCR. Serologi...

Free STI kits to be available nationwide next year

Robbie Lawlor

@Robbie_Lawlor

Dec 6, 2021

In 2022, at-home STI testing kits to be made available nationwide! There is no substitution for a consultation with sexual health nurse/doctor but this will definitely take the strain off an already overburdened sector and make testing more accessible 😍

thetimes.co.uk

The state is set to roll out a free nationwide STI home testing service in 2022 at a cost of €3 million a year.The programme will be based on a pilot scheme f

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Do you know what sexual health services are recommended for you? It’s time to take charge of your health! Check out this new resource to find out what you need. http://www.ncshguide.org/

CDC STD

@CDCSTD

Dec 7, 2021

#SexualHealth is more than avoiding #STDs, it's about having good physical, emotional, mental and social well-being. Know how to take charge of YOUR sexual health with this

@NCSH_

guide:

ncshguide.org

www.ncshguide.org

Melanie Thompson

@drmt

Dec 7, 2021

This study by Dr. Anne Spaulding

proves what the

and

#HIV Advisory Committee said in 2016, 2017, 2018, & 2019: we need routine testing in our jails. #CostSaving #HIVPrevention #UEqualsU

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Routine HIV testing in jails would make medical and economic sense, study says georgiahealthnews.com/2021/12/routin #HIV #CDC #publichealth #fultoncounty

New

#PrEP Guidelines! What’s new? A 🧵 1) Tell every sexually active person about #PrEP 2) Cabotegravir injectable #PrEP is coming! Give q2 mos, no renal/lipid ✅ needed 3) F/TAF (Descovy) #PrEP ok for trans women & men 4) ✅renal fxn annually if age <50 or eCrCl >90

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Caroline Chen

@CarolineYLChen

1/ Did you know that increasing numbers of babies are dying in the U.S. of a completely preventable disease? This is not a novel virus. It’s an ancient one, something you might recall from high school sex ed: It’s syphilis.

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Axess Sexual Health

@Axess_SH

We have an exciting change to announce: axess is expanding! 🎉. You can now access all of your #sexualhealth needs, in one place. Yep, we’re talking everything from testing and treatment to contraception as we aim to simplify your journey to getting the help you need.

IDSA

@IDSAInfo

Nov 15, 2021

OFID: Package testing for sexually transmitted infections and viral hepatitis among people who inject drugs hospitalized w/ serious injection-related infections found high rates of both STIs and hepatitis. 📄: bit.ly/3HgZhEk #IDSAJournals

@PaulSaxMD

@DrJLi

@LauraMarks5

Umbilical giant condyloma acuminatum

STI_BMJ

@STI_BMJ

Nov 5, 2021

A 71-year-old man presented with a 4-month history of a slow-growing, violaceous vegetation in the umbilical area. Find out more in the case report by D’Erme et al. published online first: sti.bmj.com/content/early/

sti.bmj.com

A 71-year-old man presented with a 4-month history of a slow-growing, violaceous vegetation in the umbilical area (figure 1). There was no history of immunosuppression or treatment for other disord...

National Coalition of STD Directors

@NCSDDC

“We have more congenital syphilis cases today in America than we ever had pediatric AIDS at the height of the AIDS epidemic. It’s heartbreaking.” -

@DavidHarveyC

, NCSD executive director. Story by

@CarolineYLChen

@propublica

bit.ly/3GGewGN

Cefixime Clinical Trial - Full Text View - ClinicalTrials.gov

Replying to

New trials underway to discover safe and effective alternatives to penicillin

clinicaltrials.gov

Cefixime Clinical Trial - Full Text View.

STI_BMJ

@STI_BMJ

A case of #Mycoplasma genitalium pelvic inflammatory disease #PID with peri hepatitis masquerading as gonococcal PID. ow.ly/f0xu50GCsy5

Nov 2, 2021

Excellent account of US #syphilis scourge ⁦

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⁩ via

: Syphilis is resurging in the U.S., a sign of public health's funding crisis ⁦

Nicola Low #EveryDayCounts #StillFBPE

@nicolamlow

Oct 30, 2021

Don’t test for #Mhominis #ureaplasma in asymptomatic people. Here,

@ericaplummer

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33502501/ finds no association bn genital mycoplasmas and symptoms in women. Jørgen Jensen stresses nonsense of multiplex assays for clinical use pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33493329/

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Suneeta Soni

@suneeta_soni_

Oct 29, 2021

We’re working on it! @BASHH_UK such a massive and very irritating problem bashh.org/news/news/bash. Please message me directly with more of your stories so we can build a strong case. @ehardingesch @DewsnapClaire @JohnMcSorley10 @STIRIG_LSHTM @CMAgovUK @MHRAgovuk

Nicola Low #EveryDayCounts #StillFBPE

Caroline Mitchell

@bostonvaginadoc

Oct 31, 2021

This!!!! Please, please don’t test for these…

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@nicolamlow

Oct 30, 2021

Don’t test for #Mhominis #ureaplasma in asymptomatic people. Here, @ericaplummer pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33502501/ finds no association bn genital mycoplasmas and symptoms in women. Jørgen Jensen stresses nonsense of multiplex assays for clinical use pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33493329/

CPC Map

@CPCMap

Oct 21, 2021

🚨 A new study published in

by #CPCMap researchers at

@PublicHealthUGA

shows that about 1 out of 5 CPCs in the US, in all but 4 states, offer STI testing. 🚨 Read more at Bit.ly/CPCSTI.

Oct 15, 2021

Much needed research that will help us beat back resurgence of congenital #syphilis

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The @UAB_CWRH has awarded Drs. @jodie_dionne & @asubramaniam920 a pilot grant for development of an interdisciplinary approach to preventing congenital syphilis. Important work! Congratulations!!

@DrJeanneM @UAB_ID @UABOBGYN @UABSOM

Nicola Low #EveryDayCounts #StillFBPE

@nicolamlow

Oct 12, 2021

The changing landscape of chlamydia control strategies - my take on possible causes and consequences of the shift back to women only #chlamydia screening - with

@JHocking01

and Jan van Bergen. Thanks to

@saunders_j

too. Btw, loving #vBASHH21 on Twitter thelancet.com/journals/lance

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BASHH

@BASHH_UK

Oct 12, 2021

First update: from @saunders_j of the UK Health Security Agency about the National Chlamydia Screening Programme. Aim is now to reduce *harm* not prevalence; in practice = offer opportunistic screening only to women and those assigned

at birth

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peter kilmarx

@PeterKilmarx

Oct 13, 2021

NEW publication on research ethics: We observed that some researchers may not return results of positive tests for sexually transmitted diseases to the study participants. 1/n #Research #Ethics #STDs #STIs journals.lww.com/stdjournal/Abs