Testing Practices and Incidence of Chlamydial and Gonococcal Infection in the Veterans Health Administration, 2009-2019.

Lauren A BesteMarissa M MaierJoleen BorgerdingElliott LowyRonald G HauserPuja Van EppsMichael OhlDavid RossMaggie Chartier

Published in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2021)

The incidence of chlamydia and gonorrhea rose dramatically from 2009 to 2019. Among tested persons, those living with HIV had a 15.2-fold higher unadjusted incidence of chlamydia and 34.9-fold higher unadjusted incidence of gonorrhea compared with those not living with HIV. VHA-wide adherence to chlamydia and gonorrhea testing in high-risk groups merits improvement.

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