Open AccessIncreases in the Estimated Number of Reported Gonorrhea Cases Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: The Role of Testing
Author(s) -
Austin M. Williams,
Emily Weston,
Thomas L. Gift,
Elizabeth Torrone
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0000000000001019
Subject(s) - gonorrhea , medicine , incidence (geometry) , demography , men who have sex with men , family medicine , syphilis , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , physics , sociology , optics
The rate of reported gonorrhea among men who have sex with men has been steadily increasing in recent years, but little is known about how much changing testing practices and incidence each contribute to this trend. We report that both factors are likely contributing to the observed rate increases.