Journal article
Infectious syphilis in women and heterosexual men in major Australian cities: sentinel surveillance data, 2011–2019
A Carter, H McManus, JS Ward, T Vickers, J Asselin, G Baillie, EPF Chow, MY Chen, CK Fairley, C Bourne, A McNulty, P Read, K Heath, N Ryder, J McCloskey, C Carmody, H McCormack, K Alexander, D Casey, M Stoove Show all
Medical Journal of Australia | WILEY | Published : 2023
DOI: 10.5694/mja2.51864
Abstract
Objectives: To examine changes in the positive infectious syphilis test rate among women and heterosexual men in major Australian cities, and rate differences by social, biomedical, and behavioural determinants of health. Design, setting: Analysis of data extracted from de-identified patient records from 34 sexual health clinics participating in the Australian Collaboration for Coordinated Enhanced Sentinel Surveillance of Sexually Transmissible Infections and Blood Borne Viruses (ACCESS). Participants: First tests during calendar year for women and heterosexual men aged 15 years or more in major cities who attended ACCESS sexual health clinics during 2011–2019. Main outcome measures: Positi..
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Funding Acknowledgements
ACCESS receives funding from the Australian Department of Health (agreement 4-E0AZC3Q) and the governments of New South Wales, Victoria, the Northern Territory, Western Australia, and the Australian Capital Territory. Funding is also provided by the BBV & STI Research, Intervention and Strategic Evaluation (BRISE) program at the Kirby Institute, a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) project grant (APP1082336), an NHMRC partnership grant (GNT1092852), and the Prevention Research Support Program funded by the New South Wales Ministry of Health.We thank the following clinic staff for providing data for this study: Maree O'Sullivan (Gold Coast Sexual Health, Gold Coast), David Smith (Lismore Sexual Health), Afrizal Afrizal (Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Melbourne), Eva Jackson (Nepean and Blue Mountains Sexual Health Clinic, Katoomba), Lewis Marshall (South Terrace Clinic, Fremantle), David Templeton (RPA Hospital Sexual Health Clinic, Sydney), Heng Lu (Sydney Sexual Health Centre, Sydney); David Lewis (Western Sydney Sexual Health Clinic, Parramatta), Kim Grant (Western NSW Sexual Health [Bourke, Dubbo, Orange, Lightning Ridge], and Jo Lenton (Far West NSW Sexual Health [Broken Hill and Dareton] Sexual Health Clinics, Sydney); and Douglas IR Boyle (GRHANITE) and CaraData for their help with data extraction.