Opt-out and opt-In testing increases syphilis screening of HIV-positive men who have sex with men in Australia

Rebecca Guy; Carol El-Hayek; Christopher Kit Fairley; Handan Wand; Andrew Carr; Anna McNulty; Jennifer F Hoy; Christopher Bourne; John McAllister; B K Tee; David Baker; Norman Roth; Mark Stoove; Marcus Y Chen

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Opt-out and opt-In testing increases syphilis screening of HIV-positive men who have sex with men in Australia

Rebecca Guy, Carol El-Hayek, Christopher Kit Fairley, Handan Wand, Andrew Carr, Anna McNulty, Jennifer F Hoy, Christopher Bourne, John McAllister, B K Tee, David Baker, Norman Roth, Mark Stoove, Marcus Y Chen

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Since 2005, Australian clinicians were advised to undertake quarterly syphilis testing for all sexually active HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM). We describe differences in syphilis testing frequency among HIV-positive MSM by clinic testing policies since this recommendation.Methods:Three general practices, two sexual health clinics and two hospital HIV outpatient clinics provided data on HIV viral load and syphilis testing from 2006-2010. Men having =1 viral load test per year were included; >95 were MSM. We used Chi-2 tests to assess changes in syphilis testing frequency over time, and differences by clinic testing policy (opt-out, opt-in and risk-based).Results:The proportion of men having HIV viral loads with same-day syphilis tests increased from 37 in 2006 to 63 in 2007 (p

Original language	English
Article number	e71436
Number of pages	7
Journal	PLoS ONE
Volume	8
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0071436
Publication status	Published - 2013

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