Trends in Syphilis Partner Notification Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men who Have Sex With Men in British Columbia, 2010 to 2013

Andrew Deonarine; Gina Ogilvie; Carolyn Montgomery; Sylvia Makaroff; Natalie Holgerson; Troy Grennan; Mark Gilbert; Jason Wong

doi:10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000494

Trends in Syphilis Partner Notification Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men who Have Sex With Men in British Columbia, 2010 to 2013

Sex Transm Dis. 2016 Aug;43(8):489-93. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000494.

Authors

Andrew Deonarine¹, Gina Ogilvie, Carolyn Montgomery, Sylvia Makaroff, Natalie Holgerson, Troy Grennan, Mark Gilbert, Jason Wong

Affiliation

¹ From the The British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

PMID: 27414679
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000494

Abstract

Chart reviews of 350 randomly sampled syphilis cases of men who had sex with men in British Columbia from 2010 to 2013 revealed no change in the median number of partners per case, and an increasing proportion of partners notified by cases but fewer partners were known to be tested for syphilis.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
British Columbia / epidemiology
Contact Tracing*
Homosexuality, Male
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Sexual Partners
Sexual and Gender Minorities
Syphilis / epidemiology*