Open AccessComprehensive Molecular Screening in a Cohort of Young Men Who Have Sex With Men and Transgender Women: Effect of Additive Rectal Specimen Source Collection and Analyte Testing
Author(s) -
Erik Munson,
Alyssa Reynoso,
Morena Pass,
Kathleen Buehler,
Daniel T. Ryan,
Antonia Clifford,
Ethan Morgan,
Brian Mustanski
Publication year - 2020
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.0000000000001244
Subject(s) - chlamydia trachomatis , trichomonas vaginalis , medicine , neisseria gonorrhoeae , mycoplasma genitalium , gynecology , urine , obstetrics , virology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
This study's purposes were to characterize detection rates of several sexually transmitted infection (STI) agents and describe the effect additional specimen source and analyte screening has on STI detection within a cohort of young men who have sex with men and transgender women.