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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Quarterly chlamydia positivity dropped from 9.6% before doxy-PEP initiation to 2% afterwards among users.

The global rise in bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) poses a significant public health issue. A Spanish study has examined the doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis (Doxy-PEP) method as ...

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have risen sharply worldwide over the past two decades. Europe is no exception, according to recent surveys. The three most common bacterial STIs are Chlamydia ...

Doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) has been shown to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among cisgender men and transgender women, but data from trials involving cisgender women ...