The cost-effectiveness of screening men who have sex with men for rectal chlamydial and gonococcal infection to prevent HIV Infection

• Published in: Sexually transmitted diseases Vol. 40; no. 5; p. 366
• Main Authors: Chesson, Harrell W, Bernstein, Kyle T, Gift, Thomas L, Marcus, Julia L, Pipkin, Sharon, Kent, Charlotte K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.05.2013
• Subjects: Adult; Chlamydia Infections - diagnosis; Chlamydia Infections - economics; Chlamydia Infections - epidemiology; Chlamydia trachomatis - isolation & purification; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Gonorrhea - diagnosis; Gonorrhea - economics; Gonorrhea - epidemiology; HIV Infections - economics; HIV Infections - epidemiology; HIV Infections - prevention & control; Homosexuality, Male - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Incidence; Male; Markov Chains; Mass Screening - economics; Neisseria gonorrhoeae - isolation & purification; Quality-Adjusted Life Years; Rectal Diseases - diagnosis; Rectal Diseases - economics; Rectal Diseases - epidemiology; Rectal Diseases - microbiology; San Francisco - epidemiology; Sexual Behavior; Surveys and Questionnaires; San Francisco

Men who have sex with men (MSM) who have a current or recent history of rectal Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC) infection are at greater risk for HIV than MSM with no history of rectal infection. Screening and treating MSM for rectal CT/GC infection may help reduce any incre...