Can laboratory HIV and infectious syphilis data inform future pre-exposure prophylaxis use in women in Ontario, Canada?
Yasamin SadeghiPaul NelsonAshleigh SullivanVanessa AllenMaan HassoJuan LiuVanessa TranDarrell H S TanPublished in: Sexually transmitted infections (2024)
Although it is clinically appropriate to recommend HIV PrEP to women with syphilis, Ontario surveillance data suggest that the population-level impact of this strategy on the HIV epidemic in Ontario would have been modest during this 11-year period. Future studies should explore additional ways of prioritising women for PrEP.
Keyphrases
- men who have sex with men
- hiv testing
- hiv positive
- human immunodeficiency virus
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv infected
- hepatitis c virus
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- hiv aids
- electronic health record
- big data
- pregnancy outcomes
- public health
- south africa
- type diabetes
- machine learning
- metabolic syndrome
- breast cancer risk
- skeletal muscle
- case control