Expanding syphilis test uptake using rapid dual self-testing for syphilis and HIV among men who have sex with men in China: A multiarm randomized controlled trial

• Published in: PLoS medicine Vol. 19; no. 3; p. e1003930
• Main Authors: Wang, Cheng, Ong, Jason J., Zhao, Peizhen, Weideman, Ann Marie, Tang, Weiming, Smith, M. Kumi, Marks, Michael, Fu, Hongyun, Cheng, Weibin, Terris-Prestholt, Fern, Zheng, Heping, Tucker, Joseph D., Yang, Bin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 02.03.2022; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Anal sex; Antibodies; Behavior; Biology and Life Sciences; China - epidemiology; Clinical trials; Consent; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 - epidemiology; Crowdsourcing; Disease transmission; Enrollments; Follow-Up Studies; Health aspects; Health facilities; Health promotion; Health Services Accessibility - organization & administration; HIV; HIV Infections - diagnosis; HIV Infections - prevention & control; Home medical tests; Homosexuality, Male - statistics & numerical data; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Immunoassay - methods; Immunoglobulins; Incentives; Male; Mass Screening - economics; Mass Screening - methods; Mass Screening - organization & administration; Medicine and Health Sciences; Methods; Middle Aged; Monetary incentives; Motivation; MSM (Men who have sex with men); Pandemics; Patient Participation - methods; People and Places; Public health; Reagent Kits, Diagnostic - economics; Reagent Kits, Diagnostic - supply & distribution; Research and Analysis Methods; SARS-CoV-2; Self-Testing; Sexual and Gender Minorities - statistics & numerical data; Social networks; Social research; Standard of care; Syphilis; Syphilis - diagnosis; Syphilis - epidemiology; Syphilis - prevention & control; Young Adult; China; United States > US

Low syphilis testing uptake is a major public health issue among men who have sex with men (MSM) in many low- and middle-income countries. Syphilis self-testing (SST) may complement and extend facility-based testing. We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness and costs of providing SST on increasing syp...