Risk Factors for Asymptomatic Enteric Pathogen Detection Among Men Who Have Sex With Men

Deborah A Williamson; Eric PF Chow; Darren Lee; Kate Maddaford; Michelle Sait; Marion Easton; Danielle Ingle; Rebecca Wigan; Vesna De Petra; Benjamin P Howden; Christopher K Fairley; Marcus Y Chen

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Risk Factors for Asymptomatic Enteric Pathogen Detection Among Men Who Have Sex With Men

Deborah A Williamson, Eric PF Chow, Darren Lee, Kate Maddaford, Michelle Sait, Marion Easton, Danielle Ingle, Rebecca Wigan, Vesna De Petra, Benjamin P Howden, Christopher K Fairley, Marcus Y Chen

Open Forum Infectious Diseases | OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC | Published : 2019

DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofz326

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Abstract

Improved knowledge of factors that promote outbreaks of enteric pathogens among men who have sex with men (MSM) could enable targeted public health interventions. We detected enteric pathogens in 57 of 519 (11%) asymptomatic MSM, and we found that enteric pathogen detection was associated with both oroanal sex (rimming) and group sex.

University of Melbourne Researchers

Ben Howden Author Microbiology and Immunology

Danielle Ingle Author Microbiology and Immunology

Marcus Chen Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Marion Easton Author Microbiology and Immunology

Deborah Williamson Author Microbiology and Immunology

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Funding Acknowledgements

D. A. W. and E. P. F. C. are funded by Early Career Fellowships from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia (GNT1123854 and GNT1091226, respectively). B. P. H. is funded by a Practitioner Fellowship from the NHMRC (GNT1105905). Work in this study was funded by a Project Grant from the NHMRC (GNT1147735).