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
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