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Bacterial infections such as chlamydia, gonorrhoea and syphilis can be treated and cured with antibiotics. Antiviral drugs can be used to treat some viral infections.

Sexually transmitted infections tests & treatment

Belgian study asks: is it worth treating asymptomatic STIs?

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27 June 2024
Sexually transmitted infections epidemiology

Danish study finds that STI rates in gay men increase before they start PrEP, not after

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22 April 2024
Sexually transmitted infections epidemiology

Alarmingly high burden of STIs among people with HIV in rural Uganda

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10 March 2023
Sexually transmitted infections tests & treatment

How often should PrEP users be tested for STIs?

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19 July 2022
Cancer

Anal warts increase the risk of developing pre-cancerous lesions and cancer, especially in people living with HIV

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19 October 2021
Hepatitis C treatment

Reinfection after hepatitis C cure in people with HIV predicted by sexually transmitted infections

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9 April 2021
Sexually transmitted infections tests & treatment

Not all PrEP programmes are screening for STIs

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26 March 2021
Epidemiology & behaviour

No sex during lockdown? Gay men in London say otherwise

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16 February 2021
PrEP programmes & uptake

Bacterial STI rates rose in the year before starting PrEP, but not during PrEP, Australian study finds

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20 January 2021
Sexually transmitted infections epidemiology

Number of LGV cases among gay men in England reach new highs and most cases among men who are HIV negative

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6 January 2021
Self-testing & home testing

Dried blood spots have clear advantages over mini tubes when it comes to lab analysis of home collected samples for HIV and syphilis testing

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23 December 2020
Sexually transmitted infections tests & treatment

Rectal STIs are still not being diagnosed in many European cities, due to inadequate screening

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3 December 2020
Sexually transmitted infections tests & treatment

Self-sampling for STIs in the rectum and throat as diagnostically accurate as sampling by a clinician

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1 October 2020
PrEP policies & guidelines

Sexual health screening for gay men using PrEP in the US falling way behind recommended standards

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17 August 2020
UK health services

Walk-in STI services may be a thing of the past as UK clinics continue to adjust to COVID-19

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8 June 2020
Sexually transmitted infections epidemiology

Prevalence of Mycoplasma genitalium in gay men equals that of chlamydia

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1 June 2020
Sexually transmitted infections tests & treatment

UK sexual health services are being decimated by COVID-19

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23 April 2020
Sexually transmitted infections epidemiology

LGV is under-diagnosed among gay and bisexual men in central Europe

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5 March 2020
PrEP science

HIV PrEP could also lead to big reductions in gonorrhoea, Dutch study finds

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23 January 2020
Sexually transmitted infections tests & treatment

Gonorrhoea testing and treatment in Europe: survey reveals better testing for gay men, but gaps in resistance testing

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16 January 2020
PrEP programmes & uptake

Intermittent and lower-risk PrEP users may not be testing for HIV and STIs, German study finds

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22 November 2019
PrEP science

How do we deal with apparent cases of PrEP failure?

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15 November 2019
Cancer

Anal cancer: Australian study of precancerous tissues in gay men shows little increased risk in positive men, almost no cancer cases

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10 November 2019
PrEP programmes & uptake

Starting PrEP does not lead to more STIs, youth survey in Chicago finds

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25 July 2019