Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing Among Transgender Women Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the United States: Medical Monitoring Project, 2015-2019

Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Sep 7;73(5):899-902. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab134.

Abstract

National guidelines recommend annual sexually transmitted infection testing for sexually active people living with human immunodeficiency virus, including transgender women. Using data from the US Medical Monitoring Project during 2015-2019, in the previous 12 months, 63.3% of sexually active transgender women who were human immunodeficiency virus positive were tested for syphilis, 56.6% for chlamydia, and 54.4% for gonorrhea.

Keywords: HIV; STI; testing; transgender women.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Chlamydia Infections*
  • Female
  • Gonorrhea* / diagnosis
  • Gonorrhea* / epidemiology
  • HIV
  • HIV Infections* / complications
  • HIV Infections* / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases* / diagnosis
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases* / epidemiology
  • Syphilis*
  • Transgender Persons*
  • United States / epidemiology

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