STIs increase among MSM with HIV regardless of viral load status

During a recent 5-year period, incident bacterial sexually transmitted infections increased among HIV-infected men who have sex with men regardless of virologic control, according to a recent study.
“The burgeoning STI epidemic is reaching all-time highs in the modern era, yet simultaneously, the U.S. HIV epidemic curve is modestly trending downward in recent years,” Ronnie M. Gravett, MD, DTM&H, an assistant professor in the division of infectious diseases at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, told Healio. “Here in the deep South, we see

During a recent 5-year period, incident bacterial sexually transmitted infections increased among HIV-infected men who have sex with men regardless of virologic control, according to a recent study.
“The burgeoning STI epidemic is reaching all-time highs in the modern era, yet simultaneously, the U.S. HIV epidemic curve is modestly trending downward in recent years,” Ronnie M. Gravett, MD, DTM&H, an assistant professor in the division of infectious diseases at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, told Healio. “Here in the deep South, we see