Nearly 30% of HIV cases are directly attributable to genital herpes. This is more than any other STI.

Yet herpes spreads without public health intervention.

We need to start talking about this.

#hiv #herpes #relatedepidemics #stitwitter

A few bits to remember on #WorldSexualHealthDay ☺️

#SexualHealth #STItwitter #NurseTwitter #MedTwitter

HSE Community Healthcare East IGPNEA HSE Sexual Wellbeing Medical Independent The Irish Society of Physician Associates Irish Nurses & Midwives Organisation Union of Students in Ireland Man2Man Programme

What terrible news! 🚨

Facing increasing rates of #syphilis , including a tragic epidemic of #congenitalsyphilis , we now have a national shortage of long-acting #penicillin G.

This is a MAJOR problem. It should not be happening in 2023

#STITwitter

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So excited to meet #STIs experts from all over the world in Chicago.
Also excited to meet many of my #STITwitter connections (for years now!) for the first time in-person.
Please reach out.

📣 Out today in Clinical Infectious Diseases, an updated review of doxycycline for STI prophylaxis, #doxyPEP !

We cover new data regarding efficacy, safety, AMR, and global clinical guidelines as well as reinforce the need for equity-centered implementation efforts.

#IDTwitter #STITwitter

Doxy-PEP in a nutshell

➡️Doxycycline for STI prevention: Current research and future directions
-Chase CANNON #IAS2023

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Join the ISSTDR Early Career Mentoring Hour pre-congress session on Monday, July 24th at 2PM and meet one of our amazing STI researchers, Dr. Joseph Tucker! Register at tinyurl.com/STIHIVPreCon #STIHIV2023 #STITwitter

I've never had so much FOMO 😢

Y'all have so much fun on the beautiful river cruise!

#STIHIV2023 #STItwitter

#IDTwitter #STITwitter tell me I’m not alone….was peeling potatoes and I immediately thought hmmm that looks like #syphilis rash

We at AVAC are READY for #STIHIV2023 and cannot wait to see #STITwitter in person! Join us on Monday, July 25th for a Community Happy Hour at Lizzie McNeill's and visit the Advocacy Zone in the exhibit hall throughout the conference! ✨⭐️🌟

✨The STI program AVAC is launching a monthly newsletter!!! Want to stay up-to-date with our program and read about everything STI related? Then use avac.org/signup to signup! I’ve even provided a guide for how to successfully signup! ✨ #STITwitter

➡️Meningitis B vaccine for prevention of gonorrhoea: What is the evidence?

-Jean-michel Molina (with permission) #IAS2023
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This is major for assisting local health departments implement similar guidelines with CDC backing.

But we still more studies for cisgender women; we cannot leave them behind!

#doxyPEP #STITwitter

Two Pisces, with the same birthday, met on #STITwitter and the rest was trichostry. We spent a full day in Berlin to talk about STIs and advocacy with some of the best in the field Ismaël Maatouk

This is the graph of a failing #publichealth system

Nice The Washington Post article on the tragedy of congenital #syphilis in the US

Poor prenatal care/testing is part of the issue, but >1/3 of cases still aren't treated despite diagnosis 🤯. #POCTs can close this gap #STItwitter

Good Morning Chicago! Let's Learn new innovations in STI care! #isstdr #STITwitter

My St Louis STI/HIV Prevention Training Center colleagues are out of control, but here I am as the regional Duke/Cardinal of Syphilis. #STITwitter NNPTC CDC STD

Hi #IDTwitter #STItwitter - Looking for anonymised raw data on CT values for HSV, Syphilis, GC, CT, TV for genital, rectal, oropharyngeal swabs. Ideal datasets of say 100-200-1000 runs of qPCR. If interest there might be a paper in it....?

No new recommendations here for genital #herpes screening from #USPSTF , as there was no new evidence. JAMA

Our current tests just don't perform well. Until better #diagnostics are available, evidence will remain limited.

Unfortunate, bc #HSV is so common. #STItwitter

Herpes advocates! 👋🏼 Make sure you are following #stitwitter and like, comment, engage to bring awareness to the herpes epidemic.

These are people who work in the field and want to advocate for sexual health … ask them what are they doing about herpes?