Open AccessModeling the Cost-Effectiveness of Express Multisite Gonorrhea Screening Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in the United States
Author(s) -
Rebecca Earnest,
Minttu M Rönn,
Meghan Bellerose,
Anatole Me-Johansson,
Andrés A. Berruti,
Harrell W. Chesson,
Thomas L. Gift,
Katherine Hsu,
Christian Testa,
Lin Zhu,
Yelena Malyuta,
Nicolas A Menzies,
Joshua A. Salomon
Publication year - 2021
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.0000000000001467
Subject(s) - medicine , men who have sex with men , asymptomatic , gonorrhea , cost effectiveness , transmission (telecommunications) , cost–benefit analysis , gynecology , family medicine , syphilis , risk analysis (engineering) , ecology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , electrical engineering , biology , engineering
Men who have sex with men (MSM) experience high rates of gonococcal infection at extragenital (rectal and pharyngeal) anatomic sites, which often are missed without asymptomatic screening and may be important for onward transmission. Implementing an express pathway for asymptomatic MSM seeking routine screening at their clinic may be a cost-effective way to improve extragenital screening by allowing patients to be screened at more anatomic sites through a streamlined, less costly process.