Journal article
Role of saliva use during masturbation in the transmission of Chlamydia trachomatis in men who have sex with men
Xianglong Xu, Eric PF Chow, David Regan, Jason J Ong, Richard T Gray, Pingyu Zhou, Christopher K Fairley, Lei Zhang
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION | CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS | Published : 2021
Abstract
Masturbation is a common sexual practice in men, and saliva is often used as a lubricant during masturbation by men who have sex with men. However, the role of saliva use during masturbation in the transmission of chlamydia is still unclear. We developed population-level, susceptible-infected-susceptible compartmental models to explore the role of saliva use during masturbation on the transmission of chlamydia at multiple anatomical sites. In this study, we simulated both solo masturbation and mutual masturbation. Our baseline model did not include masturbation but included transmission routes (anal sex, oral-penile sex, rimming, kissing and sequential sexual practices) we have previously va..
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Awarded by Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Emerging Leadership Investigator Grant
Awarded by Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Leadership Investigator Grant
Awarded by Australian National Health and Medical Research Council early career fellowship
Awarded by National Natural Science Foundation of China
Awarded by Outstanding Young Scholars Support Program
Awarded by Xi'an Jiaotong University Basic Research and Profession Grant
Awarded by Epidemiology modeling and risk assessment
Awarded by Xi'an Jiaotong University Young Scholar Support Grant
Funding Acknowledgements
EPFC is supported by an Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Emerging Leadership Investigator Grant (GNT1172873). CKF is supported by an Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Leadership Investigator Grant (GNT1172900). JJO is supported by an Australian National Health and Medical Research Council early career fellowship (APP1104781). LZ is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant number: 81950410639); Outstanding Young Scholars Support Program (Grant number: 3111500001); Xi'an Jiaotong University Basic Research and Profession Grant (Grant number: xtr022019003, xzy032020032); Epidemiology modeling and risk assessment (Grant number: 20200344) and Xi'an Jiaotong University Young Scholar Support Grant (Grant number: YX6J004).