Impacts of COVID-19 on sexual behaviour in Britain Natsal-COVID was a large (N=6654) web survey quasi-representative of the British general population. In the 4 months following lockdown in Britain in March 2020, what factors were associated with perceiving change, often declines, in sexual frequency and satisfaction? http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2021-055210 Access to, usage and clinical outcomes of online […]
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From the Editor’s desk Highlights from the STI BMJ journal – Oct 2022
Predicting adherence to antiretroviral therapy among people living with HIV Investigators in Shenzhen, China have developed a model that accurately estimates ART adherence behaviour. Which five key predictors did they identify? http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2021-055222 Sexual contact between gonorrhoea treatment and attending for a test of cure In England, among participants of all ages recruited into the ‘Gentamicin […]
Highlights from the Editor in Chief – Sept 2022
From the Editor’s desk Highlights from the STI BMJ journal – Sept 2022 Changes in sexual behaviour and incidence of STIs after starting HIV PreP After starting PrEP, MSM in the Netherlands engaged more in risky sexual behaviour and had a greater incidence of gonorrhoea, whereas chlamydia and syphilis diagnoses concentrated within subgroups. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2021-055227 Pharyngeal […]
Presumptive and prophylactic bacterial STI management
The prevalence of bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoea and syphilis has been increasing globally1,2,3 .Clinically the presumptive antibiotic treatment of these bacterial STIs in symptomatic patients and their contacts is advocated to reduce morbidity and transmission risk4. But there has been an emergence self-prescribed antibiotic usages as pre- and […]
International Conference on Human Retrovirology: HTLV 2022
International Conference on Human Retrovirology: HTLV 2022 On World HTLV Day (10 November 2021) we recorded a podcast on the patient, clinician and scientist’s perspective of Human T Leukaemia Virus-1 (HTLV-1). Today we present you an update on the latest International Retrovirology Conference: HTLV 22 held in Melbourne, Australia. HTLV-1 is a sexually and vertically […]
Key Populations Week
Inequalities lead to health disparities. This week we feature key populations to highlight how intersectionality or different marginalised identities may overlap and exacerbate these disparities. We also feature selected organisations and their work to address these issues. A key example of this intersectionality is reported by Hermazewska et al. who conducted a systematic review of […]
From the Editor’s desk – Highlights Sexually Transmitted Infections Volume 98-2
From the Editor’s desk Sexual behaviours associated with incident high-risk anal human papillomavirus among gay and bisexual men by Wong et al. Why does it matter? HPV-related anal cancer disproportionally affects men who have sex with men. Vaccination and screening are key elements of effective prevention. Researchers in Sydney prospectively investigated 525 older men […]
Mycoplasma Genitalium: Easy to detect, hard to treat
Mycoplasma genitalium (MGEN) is a common sexually transmitted infection that has been mainly associated with urethritis in men and is characterised by high rates of antimicrobial resistance. Understanding of the natural history of the infection is incomplete. In this STI podcast, Dr Fabiola Martin meets Dr Emma Sweeney, Prof Catarina Brashaw and Prof Nicola Low […]
NATSAL-COVID: Sex, love and lockdown
Beginning in March 2020, contact with individuals outside of immediate households was banned with very few exceptions. The immediate impact on mental health, physical wellness, finances, and other crucial aspects of daily life were well documented and were considered in policy formulation. However, the impact on sexual relationships and intimacy remained elusive and few tools […]
World HLTV Day: Exploring the perspective of patients, clinicians and scientists
Today BMJ STI honours World Human T-cell Leukaemia Virus (HTLV) Day. More than 40 years ago, before the discovery of HIV, Bob Gallo and his team discovered HTLV-1, an oncovirus and the first recognised human retrovirus. An estimated 5-10 million individuals have been exposed to infection with HTLV type-1 globally, with specific hyperendemic regions (1). […]