Syphilis Prevalence, Incidence, and Demographic Differences in a Longitudinal Study of Young Sexual and Gender Minority Adults Assigned Male at Birth

Casey D. Xavier Hall; Daniel Ryan; Christina Hayford; Ethan Morgan; Irina Tabidze; Richard D'Aquila; Brian Mustanski

doi:10.1093/infdis/jiad256

Syphilis Prevalence, Incidence, and Demographic Differences in a Longitudinal Study of Young Sexual and Gender Minority Adults Assigned Male at Birth

Casey D. Xavier Hall^*, Daniel Ryan, Christina Hayford, Ethan Morgan, Irina Tabidze, Richard D'Aquila, Brian Mustanski^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

1 Scopus citations

Abstract

Background: Syphilis rates in the United States have increased. Few studies have examined syphilis incidence and prevalence prospectively among young sexual and gender minorities (YSGM). Methods: This study of YSGM assigned male at birth comes from a Chicago-based prospective cohort at 2 visits 6 months apart (N = 882). Syphilis cases were identified through serologic test results and self-reported history. Results: In this sample, 25.1% had a lifetime prevalence, and 3.3% were incident cases with a crude incidence rate of 6.76 per 100 person-years. Conclusions: Lifetime syphilis and incidence are high in this sample of YSGM relative to general population samples.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	232-236
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume	229
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiad256
State	Published - Jan 15 2024

Funding

Financial support. This work was supported by a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (U01DA036939; principal investigator, B. M.) and Third Coast Center for AIDS Research, an NIH funded center (P30 AI117943, multiple principal investigtors B.M. and R.D.).

Keywords

STI
men who have sex with men
syphilis incidence
syphilis prevalence
transgender

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Medicine

Access to Document

10.1093/infdis/jiad256

Cite this

@article{0aab9f5bee5a464ab850b5e08488de38,

title = "Syphilis Prevalence, Incidence, and Demographic Differences in a Longitudinal Study of Young Sexual and Gender Minority Adults Assigned Male at Birth",

abstract = "Background: Syphilis rates in the United States have increased. Few studies have examined syphilis incidence and prevalence prospectively among young sexual and gender minorities (YSGM). Methods: This study of YSGM assigned male at birth comes from a Chicago-based prospective cohort at 2 visits 6 months apart (N = 882). Syphilis cases were identified through serologic test results and self-reported history. Results: In this sample, 25.1% had a lifetime prevalence, and 3.3% were incident cases with a crude incidence rate of 6.76 per 100 person-years. Conclusions: Lifetime syphilis and incidence are high in this sample of YSGM relative to general population samples.",

keywords = "STI, men who have sex with men, syphilis incidence, syphilis prevalence, transgender",

author = "{Xavier Hall}, {Casey D.} and Daniel Ryan and Christina Hayford and Ethan Morgan and Irina Tabidze and Richard D'Aquila and Brian Mustanski",

year = "2024",

month = jan,

day = "15",

doi = "10.1093/infdis/jiad256",

language = "English (US)",

volume = "229",

pages = "232--236",

journal = "Journal of Infectious Diseases",

issn = "0022-1899",

publisher = "Oxford University Press",

number = "1",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Syphilis Prevalence, Incidence, and Demographic Differences in a Longitudinal Study of Young Sexual and Gender Minority Adults Assigned Male at Birth

AU - Xavier Hall, Casey D.

AU - Ryan, Daniel

AU - Hayford, Christina

AU - Morgan, Ethan

AU - Tabidze, Irina

AU - D'Aquila, Richard

AU - Mustanski, Brian

PY - 2024/1/15

Y1 - 2024/1/15

N2 - Background: Syphilis rates in the United States have increased. Few studies have examined syphilis incidence and prevalence prospectively among young sexual and gender minorities (YSGM). Methods: This study of YSGM assigned male at birth comes from a Chicago-based prospective cohort at 2 visits 6 months apart (N = 882). Syphilis cases were identified through serologic test results and self-reported history. Results: In this sample, 25.1% had a lifetime prevalence, and 3.3% were incident cases with a crude incidence rate of 6.76 per 100 person-years. Conclusions: Lifetime syphilis and incidence are high in this sample of YSGM relative to general population samples.

AB - Background: Syphilis rates in the United States have increased. Few studies have examined syphilis incidence and prevalence prospectively among young sexual and gender minorities (YSGM). Methods: This study of YSGM assigned male at birth comes from a Chicago-based prospective cohort at 2 visits 6 months apart (N = 882). Syphilis cases were identified through serologic test results and self-reported history. Results: In this sample, 25.1% had a lifetime prevalence, and 3.3% were incident cases with a crude incidence rate of 6.76 per 100 person-years. Conclusions: Lifetime syphilis and incidence are high in this sample of YSGM relative to general population samples.

KW - STI

KW - men who have sex with men

KW - syphilis incidence

KW - syphilis prevalence

KW - transgender

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85182501803&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85182501803&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1093/infdis/jiad256

DO - 10.1093/infdis/jiad256

M3 - Article

C2 - 37816091

AN - SCOPUS:85182501803

SN - 0022-1899

VL - 229

SP - 232

EP - 236

JO - Journal of Infectious Diseases

JF - Journal of Infectious Diseases

IS - 1

ER -

Syphilis Prevalence, Incidence, and Demographic Differences in a Longitudinal Study of Young Sexual and Gender Minority Adults Assigned Male at Birth

Abstract

Funding

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this