Primary care screening for sexually transmitted infections in the United States from 2019 to 2021
Testing rates for STIs substantially dropped during stay-at-home orders early in the pandemic and recovered after these were relaxed. Gender and race/ethnicity STI testing differences may reflect primary care's prioritization of higher risk populations. This study emphasizes the role of primary care EHR data in monitoring and an opportunity for closer collaboration with public health agencies.
Authors
- Weiming Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9042-6202)
- William S. Pearson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5204-8829)
- Karen W. Hoover (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4942-7905)
- Isabella Chu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1682-3856)
- Robert L. Phillips (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7882-1560)
- Neil S. Kamdar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1898-1594)
- Shiying Hao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7527-2460)
- David H. Rehkopf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7597-6513)
- Ayin Vala
- Ilia Rochlin
- Esther E. M. Velásquez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3572-4629)
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US)
- Palo Alto University (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (UG)
- Stanford Health Care (US)
- Michigan United (US)
- The Centers (US)
- Stanford Medicine (US)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KE)
- Foundation for Health Care Quality (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-06-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0325097
- Primary Topic
- Reproductive tract infections research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention