Age-old STI once again on the rise
An Alfred Health study has revealed gonorrhoea infections in Victoria have dramatically increased over the past decade.
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Melbourne Sexual Health Centre research
The Centre maintains strong research and education activities through the Central Clinical School, Monash University and the Sexual Health Unit of the School of Population Health, University of Melbourne.
Collaboration with our partners provides opportunities for our staff and clients to access recent advances in sexually transmissible infection and HIV treatment and prevention. We continue to grow with effective partnerships operating locally, nationally and internationally.
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Publications
Adolescent and non-consensual anal sexual debut among Chinese men who have sex with men
Tang, Weiming; Wang, Yehua; Huang, Wenting; Wu, Dan; Yang, Fan; Xu, Yongshi; Ong, Jason J.; Fu, Hongyun; Yang, Bin; Wang, Cheng; Ma, Wei; Wei, Chongyi; Tucker, Joseph D.
(2020), BMC INFECT DIS, 20(1), 732
Bacterial Load of Chlamydia trachomatis in the Posterior Oropharynx, Tonsillar Fossae, and Saliva among Men Who Have Sex with Men with Untreated Oropharyngeal Chlamydia
Phillips, Tiffany R.; Fairley, Christopher K.; Maddaford, Kate; Danielewski, Jennifer; Hocking, Jane S.; Lee, David; Williamson, Deborah A.; Murray, Gerald; Kong, Fabian; De Petra, Vesna; Bradshaw, Catriona S.; Chen, Marcus Y.; Wigan, Rebecca; Snow, Antho
(2020), J CLIN MICROBIOL, 58(1), e01375-19.
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01375-19
Clinical presentation of asymptomatic and symptomatic heterosexual men who tested positive for urethral gonorrhoea at a sexual health clinic in Melbourne, Australia
Martín-Sánchez, Mario; Ong, Jason J.; Fairley, Christopher K.; Chen, Marcus Y.; Williamson, Deborah A.; Maddaford, Kate; Aung, Ei T.; Carter, Georgia; Bradshaw, Catriona S.; Chow, Eric P.F.
(2020), BMC INFECT DIS, 20(1), 486
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Removing distance as a barrier for sexual health screening
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