Estimating the Proportion of People Living With HIV Who May Benefit From the Reverse Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Incident Syphilis-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Estimating the Proportion of People Living With HIV Who May Benefit From the Reverse Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Incident Syphilis

Published:2024-06 Issue:6 Volume:51 Page:e26-e29
ISSN:1537-4521
Container-title:Sexually Transmitted Diseases
language:en
Short-container-title:Sexual Trans Dis

Author:

Menza Timothy W.,Berry Stephen A.¹,Dombrowski Julia C.²,Cachay Edward³,Crane Heidi M.²,Mayer Kenneth H.

Affiliation:

1. Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

2. University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA

3. University of California–San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, CA

Abstract

Abstract Among 8455 people engaged in HIV care in 4 US cities, 4925 (58%) had treponemal testing at care entry. Of the 4925 tested, 3795 (77%) had a nonreactive result and might benefit from the reverse algorithm for a future incident syphilis diagnosis. Furthermore, low-barrier treponemal testing as a first step in the reverse algorithm may increase syphilis screening and decrease time to treatment.

Publisher

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

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