Participants who completed HIV testing and oral sex questions at enrollment were selected. Oropharyngeal swab testing for Neisseria gonorrhoeae NG and Chlamydia trachomatis CT began in and for those with diagnostic results at enrollment, the unadjusted association of oral sex practices with oropharyngeal STIs was conducted.
Factors associated with increased odds of engaging in oral sex included living with HIV adjusted [a]OR: 1. In the absence of screening and treatment guidelines, condoms continue to be the mainstay for oral STI prevention. A pre-exposure prophylaxis for bacterial STIs would complement current prevention strategies to curb transmission. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Data Availability: The study investigators and ethical review committees have implemented additional measures to ensure participant anonymity is maintained in all reporting of research data. The IRB-approved protocol for this study allows the publication of aggregate data only and specifically prohibits the publication or distribution of individual-level data.
Distribution of de-identified participant-level data and accompanying research resources will require compliance with all applicable regulatory and ethical processes, including establishment and approval of an appropriate data-sharing agreement.
To request a minimal data set, please contact the Research Administrator: Ashley Shutt at ashutt ihv. Funding: U. The funders had no role in study design, data collection, analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
