ShutterstockDutch researchers have found that 79% of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) diagnosed during PrEP users’ routine three-monthly checkups were asymptomatic. They also found that over half (52%) of these infections would have remained undiagnosed, and untreated, for an additional three months if they had only done STI testing every six months.
These two findings encapsulate a dilemma that has faced sexual health clinicians since STI testing became more regular due to PrEP.
The analysis, from Dr Vita Jongen, Professor Maarten Schim van der Loeff and colleagues at the Department of Public Health in Amsterdam is published in Sexually Transmitted Infections.
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