Open AccessRoutinized Syphilis Screening Among Men Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus: A Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
Author(s) -
Ann Burchell,
Darrell Tan,
Ramandip Grewal,
Paul MacPherson,
Sharon Walmsley,
Anita Rachlis,
Nisha Andany,
Sharmistha Mishra,
Sandra Gardner,
Janet Raboud,
David N. Fisman,
Curtis Cooper,
Kevin Gough,
John C. Maxwell,
Sean B. Rourke,
Rodney Rousseau,
Tony Mazzulli,
Irving E. Salit,
Vanessa Allen
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases/clinical infectious diseases (online. university of chicago. press)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciab582
Subject(s) - medicine , syphilis , population , randomized controlled trial , odds ratio , men who have sex with men , immunology , physical therapy , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , environmental health
We implemented an opt-out clinic-based intervention pairing syphilis tests with routine human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) viral load testing. The primary objective was to determine the degree to which this intervention increased the detection of early syphilis.