The PICASSO Cohort: baseline characteristics of a cohort of men who have sex with men and male-to-female transgender women at high risk for syphilis infection in Lima, Peru

BMC Infectious Diseases

Research Article

Brandon Brown¹  Hayoung Park²  Noah Kojima²  Jeffrey D. Klausner³  Dvora L. Joseph Davey³  Kelika A. Konda⁴  Claire C. Bristow⁵  Segundo R. Leon⁶  Silver K. Vargas⁶  Gino M. Calvo⁶  Carlos F. Caceres⁶ 

[1] Center for Healthy Communities, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA;Epicentro Salud, Lima, Peru;David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, 10833 Le Conte Ave, 90095, Los Angeles, CA, USA;David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, 10833 Le Conte Ave, 90095, Los Angeles, CA, USA;Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA;David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, 10833 Le Conte Ave, 90095, Los Angeles, CA, USA;Unit of Health, Sexuality and Human Development and Laboratory of Sexual Health, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru;Division of Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA;Unit of Health, Sexuality and Human Development and Laboratory of Sexual Health, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru;

关键词: Syphilis;    Treponema Pallidum;    Human immunodeficiency virus;    HIV;    Sexually transmitted infection;    STI;    Men who have sex with men;    MSM;    Transwomen;    Peru;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12879-017-2332-x

 received in 2016-09-13, accepted in 2017-03-21,  发布年份 2017

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundMen who have sex with men (MSM) and male-to-female transgender women (transwomen) are disproportionately at risk of syphilis infection in Peru.MethodsFrom 2013 to 2014, MSM and transwomen seeking human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing and/or treatment were recruited into a 2-year observational cohort study to determine predictors of recently acquired syphilis infection (defined as a rapid plasma reagin [RPR] titer ≥1:16 and a reactive treponemal antibody test) in Lima, Peru. At baseline, interviewers collected sociodemographic, behavioral, and medical characteristics from participants. All cohort participants were tested for syphilis, HIV, Chlamydia trachomatis (CT), and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) infection. Using cross-sectional analyses, bivariate and multivariate models were used to determine factors associated with recently acquired syphilis infection and calculate adjusted prevalence ratios.ResultsWe recruited 401 participants, 312 MSM and 89 transwomen, with median ages of 29.0 and 32.5 years old (interquartile ranges: 23.3, 37.4 and 27.2, 39.5, respectively). The prevalence of recently acquired syphilis infection at baseline was 16.8% for MSM and 6.7% for transwomen. Among MSM and transwomen, 30.1 and 33.7% were infected with HIV, 18.6 and 24.7% were infected with CT, and 14.2 and 19.1% were infected with NG, respectively. Co-infection rates among MSM with recently acquired syphilis infection included: 44.2% with HIV, 40.4% with CT (32.7% with anal CT and 7.7% with pharyngeal CT), and 19.2% with NG (11.5% with anal NG and 7.7% with pharyngeal NG). Co-infection rates among transwomen with recently acquired syphilis infection included: 66.7% with HIV, 0% with CT, and 16.7% with anal NG. In multivariate analysis among the entire cohort, recently acquired syphilis infection was independently associated with younger age (adjusted prevalence ratio [aPR] = 0.96, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.93–0.99), receptive role during anal sex (aPR = 2.56, 95% CI = 1.05–6.25), prior HIV diagnosis (aPR = 1.70, 95% CI = 1.11–2.61), anal CT or NG infection (aPR = 1.69, 95% CI = 1.09–2.60), and prior syphilis diagnosis (aPR = 3.53, 95% CI = 2.20–5.68).ConclusionsWe recruited a cohort of MSM and transwomen who had a high prevalence of recently acquired syphilis infection in Lima, Peru. Recently acquired syphilis infection was associated with socio-demographic characteristics, sexual risk, and sexually transmitted co-infections.

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