Giving syphilis and gonorrhea to friends: Using in-person friendship networks to find additional cases of gonorrhea and syphilis.
Janet E RosenbaumJacky JenningsJonathan EllenLaurel BorkovicJo-Ann ScottCharleen WylieAnne RompaloPublished in: Research square (2020)
Eliciting friendship networks of people diagnosed with syphilis and gonorrhea may find members of their sexual networks, drug use networks, or people of similar STI risk. Friendship networks include more diagnosed cases of syphilis and gonorrhea than sexual networks alone, especially among populations with many non-disclosing men who have sex with men (MSM) and women who have sex with women (WSW). Future research should evaluate whether this friendship network method of contact tracing can be implemented by adapting automated mobile phone COVID-19 contact tracing protocols, if these COVID-19 contact tracing methods are able to maintain anonymity and public trust.
Keyphrases
- men who have sex with men
- hiv testing
- hiv positive
- coronavirus disease
- sars cov
- mental health
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- healthcare
- deep learning
- human immunodeficiency virus
- insulin resistance
- current status
- south africa
- single cell
- breast cancer risk
- hepatitis c virus
- health information
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus