Open AccessHigh Prevalence of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea and the Need for Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing Among Men Who Have Sex With Men and Transgender Women in Papua New Guinea
Author(s) -
Avi Hakim,
Chelsea Iwamoto,
Steven G Badman,
Barne Willie,
Simon Pekon,
Herick Aeno,
Ruthy Neo-Boli,
Sophie Ase,
Damian Weikum,
Andrew Vallely,
Angela KellyHanku,
Kauntim mi tu Study Team
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.0000000000001300
Subject(s) - gonorrhea , medicine , chlamydia , syphilis , demography , men who have sex with men , odds ratio , confidence interval , gynecology , chlamydia trachomatis , obstetrics , immunology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , sociology
Papua New Guinea has among the highest prevalence of sexually transmitted infections in the world but no estimates of Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, or hepatitis B virus (HBV) are available among men who have sex with men (MSM) or transgender women (TGW).