Wu, D., Zhou, Y., Yang, N., Huang, S., He, X., Tucker, J., Li, X., Smith, K. M., Ritchwood, T., Jiang, X., Liu, X., Wang, Y., Huang, W., Ong, J., Fu, H., Bao, H., Pan, S., Dai, W., & Tang, W. (2021). Social Media-Based Secondary Distribution of Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Syphilis Self-testing among Chinese Men Who Have Sex with Men. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 73(7), E2251-E2257. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa825
Wu, Dan ; Zhou, Yi ; Yang, Nancy et al. / Social Media-Based Secondary Distribution of Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Syphilis Self-testing among Chinese Men Who Have Sex with Men. In: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2021 ; Vol. 73, No. 7. pp. E2251-E2257.
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Wu, D, Zhou, Y, Yang, N, Huang, S, He, X, Tucker, J, Li, X, Smith, KM, Ritchwood, T, Jiang, X, Liu, X, Wang, Y, Huang, W, Ong, J, Fu, H, Bao, H, Pan, S, Dai, W & Tang, W 2021, 'Social Media-Based Secondary Distribution of Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Syphilis Self-testing among Chinese Men Who Have Sex with Men', Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, vol. 73, no. 7, pp. E2251-E2257. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa825
Social Media-Based Secondary Distribution of Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Syphilis Self-testing among Chinese Men Who Have Sex with Men. / Wu, Dan; Zhou, Yi; Yang, Nancy et al.
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Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Vol. 73, No. 7, 01.10.2021, p. E2251-E2257.
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AU - He, Xi
AU - Tucker, Joseph
AU - Li, Xiaofeng
AU - Smith, Kumi M.
AU - Ritchwood, Tiarney
AU - Jiang, Xiaohui
AU - Liu, Xuan
AU - Wang, Yehua
AU - Huang, Wenting
AU - Ong, Jason
AU - Fu, Hongyun
AU - Bao, Huanyu
AU - Pan, Stephen
AU - Dai, Wencan
AU - Tang, Weiming
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N2 - Background: Social media and secondary distribution (distributing self-testing kits by indexes through their networks) both show strong promise to improve human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) self-testing uptake. We assessed an implementation program in Zhuhai, China, which focused on the secondary distribution of HIV/syphilis self-test kits among men who have sex with men (MSM) via social media. Methods: Men aged ≥16 years, born biologically male, and ever had sex with another man were recruited as indexes. Banner ads on a social media platform invited the participants to apply for up to 5 self-test kits every 3 months. Index men paid a deposit of US$15/kit refundable upon submitting a photograph of a completed test result via an online submission system. They were informed that they could distribute the kits to others (referred to as "alters"). Results: A total of 371 unique index men applied for 1150 kits (mean age, 28.7 [standard deviation, 6.9] years), of which 1141 test results were returned (99%). Among them, 1099 were valid test results; 810 (74%) were from 331 unique index men, and 289 tests (26%) were from 281 unique alters. Compared to index men, a higher proportion of alters were naive HIV testers (40% vs 21%; P <. 001). The total HIV self-test reactivity rate was 3%, with alters having a significantly higher rate than indexes (5% vs 2%; P =. 008). A total of 21 people (3%) had a reactive syphilis test result. Conclusions: Integrating social media with the secondary distribution of self-test kits may hold promise to increase HIV/syphilis testing coverage and case identification among MSM.
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KW - men who have sex with men
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Wu D, Zhou Y, Yang N, Huang S, He X, Tucker J et al. Social Media-Based Secondary Distribution of Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Syphilis Self-testing among Chinese Men Who Have Sex with Men. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2021 Oct 1;73(7):E2251-E2257. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa825
