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Jan 11, 2025 | 
sti.bmj.com | Drieda Zace |Marina Daskalopoulou |Rachel Herbert |Giovanni Villa
Viral suppression (VS) following initiation of long-acting cabotegravir/rilpivirine (LA-CAB/RPV) among people with HIV, adherence challenges and baseline viraemiaThe Ward 86 publicly funded San Francisco HIV clinic serves people experiencing socioeconomic, psychological and adherence challenges. This study examined the persistence of LA-CAB/RPV and durability of VS (HIV RNA <50 c/mL) at 48 weeks among 59 participants (53% unstable housing, 63% substance use and 49% CD4 <200 cells/mm3).
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
sti.bmj.com | Rachel Herbert |Marina Daskalopoulou
Gender and ethnicity disparity in HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis use following routine commissioning in EnglandIn England, HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) was initially available through the Impact trial (2017–2020), which primarily comprised of men who have sex with men (MSM)1. This study compared changes in PrEP access following the roll-out of commissioned, routine HIV PrEP in 2021. Overall PrEP use increased threefold, with use in heterosexual men increasing from 1% to 13%.
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May 31, 2024 | 
sti.bmj.com | Drieda Zace |Marina Daskalopoulou |Weiming Tang
Strategies for evaluating penicillin allergy in STI servicesOver-reporting of penicillin or beta-lactam allergy often complicates STI management.
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Feb 20, 2024 | 
sti.bmj.com | Marina Daskalopoulou |Rachel Herbert |Heather Armstrong
The effects of condomless vaginal sex and lubricant use on the vaginal metabolomeThe vaginal metabolome plays a key role in urogenital health. This study analysed changes in the vaginal metabolome before and after condomless sex with and without lubricant using self-collected mid-vaginal swabs from 44 reproductive-age women. Condomless vaginal sex and lubricant use did not significantly impact the global vaginal metabolome.
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Jan 12, 2024 | 
sti.bmj.com | Marina Daskalopoulou |Rachel Herbert |Heather Armstrong
The effects of condomless vaginal sex and lubricant use on the vaginal metabolomeThe vaginal metabolome plays a key role in urogenital health. This study analysed changes in the vaginal metabolome before and after condomless sex with and without lubricant using self-collected mid-vaginal swabs from 44 reproductive-age women. Condomless vaginal sex and lubricant use did not significantly impact the global vaginal metabolome.
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Oct 17, 2023 | 
sti.bmj.com | Weiming Tang |Sonia F Raffe |Marina Daskalopoulou
Sitafloxacin for rectal and urogenital infections with quinolone-resistant Mycoplasma genitaliumSitafloxacin is a fourth-generation fluoroquinolone approved in Japan. An open-label prospective study evaluated sitafloxacin monotherapy (200 mg daily for 7 days) for treating rectal and urogenital infections in 180 men who have sex with men (MSM, 72 living with HIV), including 97 of 126 (77%) and 27 of 120 (23%) carrying strains with mutations in parC and gyrA, respectively.
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Oct 17, 2023 | 
sti.bmj.com | Weiming Tang |Sonia F Raffe |Marina Daskalopoulou
Sitafloxacin for rectal and urogenital infections with quinolone-resistant Mycoplasma genitaliumSitafloxacin is a fourth-generation fluoroquinolone approved in Japan. An open-label prospective study evaluated sitafloxacin monotherapy (200 mg daily for 7 days) for treating rectal and urogenital infections in 180 men who have sex with men (MSM, 72 living with HIV), including 97 of 126 (77%) and 27 of 120 (23%) carrying strains with mutations in parC and gyrA, respectively.
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Jul 25, 2023 | 
sti.bmj.com | Giovanni Villa |Marina Daskalopoulou
Voluntary medical male circumcision continues to be a cost-effective HIV prevention strategy in sub-Saharan AfricaWith increasing availability of antiretroviral treatment and HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), it was unclear whether male circumcision would continue to provide a cost-effective HIV prevention strategy in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Jul 17, 2023 | 
sti.bmj.com | Giovanni Villa |Marina Daskalopoulou
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6747-9851Giovanni Villa1,2, http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9927-0358Marina Daskalopoulou3, http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2092-3737Bogusz Aksak-Wąs4 1 Department of Genitourinary Medicine and Infectious Diseases, St. James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland 2 Department of Global Health and Infection, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, UK 3 Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK 4 Department of Infectious, Tropical Diseases and Acquired...
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Feb 17, 2023 | 
sti.bmj.com | Marina Daskalopoulou |Stefano Rusconi |Nadja A. Vielot
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9927-0358Marina Daskalopoulou1, http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0375-9990Stefano Rusconi2,3, http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9004-0609Nadja A Vielot4 1 Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK 2 DIBIC Luigi Sacco, University of Milan, Milan, Italy 3 Universita' degli Studi di Milano 4 Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA Correspondence to Dr Marina Daskalopoulou, Institute for...
