Point-of-Care Sexually Transmitted Infection Diagnostics: Proceedings of the STAR Sexually Transmitted Infection—Clinical Trial Group Programmatic Meeting

Point-of-Care Sexually Transmitted Infection Diagnostics: Proceedings of the STAR Sexually Transmitted Infection-Clinical Trial Group Programmatic Meeting.

The goal of the point-of-care (POC) sexually transmitted infection (STI) Diagnostics meeting was to review the state-of-the-art research and develop recommendations for the use of POC STI diagnostics. Experts from academia, government, nonprofit, and industry discussed POC diagnostics for STIs such as Chlamydia trachomatis, human papillomavirus, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Trichomonas vaginalis, and...

New Wave of Sexually-Transmitted HIV in Iran

1746Rapid Point-of-Care Testing for Nine Sexually Transmitted Diseases

John Kriesel, MD; Bryce Moulton; Cammie Barrus NP; Michael Vaughn, BS; Robert Crisp, PhD; Infectious Diseases, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT; Infectious Diseases, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; Salt Lake Valley Health Department, Salt Lake City, UT; Biofire Diagnostics, LLC, Salt Lake City, UT; Research and Development/Biochemistry, Biofire Diagnostics, LLC,...

Trichomoniasis the Underestimated Sexually Transmitted Infection

This study interviewed 2,272 women from a low income community in California, USA who completed a questionnaire entitled Risk Behavior Assessment that captured risky drug and sexual behavior. The logistic regression model included gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, warts, crack, and sex trading for money as well as racial and ethnic differences. It was evident that Trichomonas Vaginalis can co-exi...

Prevention of Sexually Transmitted HIV Infection