Evaluating the Impact of Implementing and Scaling-Up the Use of Syphilis Rapid/Point-of-Care Tests (RPOCTs): An Interrupted Time Series Analysis of New Syphilis Positivity Rates in Alberta, Canada
Syphilis RPOCT implementation was associated with a significant decrease in new syphilis positivity rates in a province of a high-income country experiencing a resurgence of heterosexual syphilis among key populations facing barriers to testing and treatment.
Authors
- Allison A. Venner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2865-7093)
- Kenneth A. Menard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7789-6576)
- Graham Tipples (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2116-8553)
- Hong Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5104-3196)
- Garret Meyer
- Anna Fuezery
- Sean B. Rourke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6162-7358)
- Ameeta E. Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2627-3704)
- L. Alexa Thompson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0775-5062)
- Tom Wong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4678-1055)
- Carla Vetland
- Jennifer Gratrix (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6999-9201)
- Byron Michael Berenger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9062-6346)
- Noel Ives
- A. Mark Joffe
- Kevin Fonseca (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0294-0963)
- Cari Egan
- Laura McDougall
- Stacy Valaire
Institutions
- Alberta Health Services (CA)
- University of Alberta (CA)
- University of Calgary (CA)
- Alberta Hospital Edmonton (CA)
- Provincial Laboratory of Public Health (CA)
- Health Solutions (Sweden) (SE)
- Institute of Population and Public Health (CA)
- Unity Health Toronto
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-11-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaf651
- Primary Topic
- Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00