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STI Podcast
The Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) podcast offers the latest updates on the transmission, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of STIs and HIV. Each episode features in-depth interviews with renowned authors and leading experts in the field, delving into the latest research. Stay ahead in your field by tuning into our expert discussions and accessing cutting-edge content. Subscribe to the STI podcast and visit the STI journal website - sti.bmj.com - to stay up to date.
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Episodes
Tuesday Sep 06, 2016
Tuesday Sep 06, 2016
In this podcast we explore the management of STI outbreaks. Ian Simms, of the HIV & STI Department, Public Health England, interviews two authors who have managed STI outbreaks.
Kirsty Foster, of the Public Health England North East, investigated an outbreak of gonorrhoea in young heterosexual adults in that area of the UK.
Read the full letter here: http://sti.bmj.com/content/92/5/364.full.
Giri Shankar, of the Health Protection Team, Public Health England, talks about hepatitis B in the East of the country. He studied and managed an outbreak of the infection in men who have sex with men but identify as heterosexual.
Read the full text here: http://sti.bmj.com/content/early/2016/01/04/sextrans-2015-052490.full.
The STI Outbreaks issue, which was published in August 2016, was guest edited by Gwenda Hughes and Ian Simms. It includes articles that explore epidemics, clusters, changes in antibiotic resistance, changes in behaviours that increase the chance of outbreaks, as well as considering how we respond to and describe outbreaks.
Here is the Outbreak special issue, with editorial material and field reports on the control of STI outbreaks: http://sti.bmj.com/content/92/5.toc.
Friday May 06, 2016
Friday May 06, 2016
What do we know about sexual behaviour when travelling?
Are backpackers and gap year travellers a special group?
These are some of the questions Christopher Lewis, from the University of Birmingham, and Dr Clare Tanton, from the UCL's Centre for Sexual Health and HIV research, answer in this podcast.
They are the authors of two recent studies published at sti.bmj.com.
Read the full studies:
'Sexual behaviour of backpackers who visit Koh Tao and Koh Phangan, Thailand: a cross-sectional study', by Dr Christopher Lewis, is accessible here: http://sti.bmj.com/content/early/2016/04/19/sextrans-2015-052301.full.
'Forming new sex partnerships while overseas: findings from the third British National Survey of Sexual Attitudes & Lifestyles (Natsal-3)', by Dr Clare Tanton is available here: http://sti.bmj.com/content/early/2016/04/19/sextrans-2015-052459.full.
Read the related STI Editorial:
'The Holy Grail of prevention of sexually transmitted infections in travelers' by Dr. Alberto Matteelli (http://sti.bmj.com/content/early/2016/04/19/sextrans-2016-052573.full).
For more information on these issues, please visit the NHS page about sex on holiday: http://www.nhs.uk/livewell/sexualhealth/pages/sexonholiday.aspx.
Find your nearest 'Sexual health information and support services': http://www.nhs.uk/service-search/sexual-health-information-and-support/locationsearch/734.
Thursday Apr 21, 2016
Thursday Apr 21, 2016
In this podcast, Dr Khalil Ghanem discusses ocular syphilis with the authors of two studies. Dr Susan Tuddenham, from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, is the author of 'Increasing Case Reports of Ocular Syphilis in the United States: An Opportunity to Address Important Unanswered Questions', accessible here: http://goo.gl/cPcbLM and Dr Motoyuki Tsuboi, from the AIDS Clinical Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, is the author of 'Prognosis of ocular syphilis in HIV-infected patients in the antiretroviral therapy era': http://goo.gl/giAx9s .
Monday Nov 30, 2015
Monday Nov 30, 2015
A lot has changed since the last study among shipboard populations has been conducted, about 20 years ago. What is the health of shipboard military personnel and why is it important to study their sexual health? How is life in a deployment? How can the findings of this study apply to civilian populations?
In this podcast, Judith Harbertson of San Diego State University and US Military HIV Research Program talks to Tom Nadarzynski, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, about these questions and the main conclusions of the study.
Read the related article:
Sexually transmitted infections and sexual behaviour of deploying shipboard US military personnel: a cross-sectional analysis
goo.gl/5GPm2D
Friday Nov 27, 2015
Friday Nov 27, 2015
In this podcast Dr Katy Turner talks to Dr Vincent Cornelisse about his recently published paper "Summer Heat: A cross-sectional analysis of seasonal differences in sexual behaviour and sexually transmissible diseases in Melbourne, Australia".
They discuss the seasonal differences in sexual activity and disease transmission across different sexual pairings and the seasons.
Full text: http://sti.bmj.com/content/early/2015/11/05/sextrans-2015-052225.full?sid=1b9dd132-b40c-4e25-afb6-995380d28d03
Tuesday Nov 10, 2015
Tuesday Nov 10, 2015
In this podcast Dr Katy Turner talks to Dr Jane Hocking at the ISSTDR conference in Brisbane, Australia. They discuss Dr Hocking's preliminary results from a Chlamydia screening trial across Australia and the logistics for testing and collecting data across such a large area.
Tuesday Nov 10, 2015
Tuesday Nov 10, 2015
In this podcast Dr Katy Turner talks to PhD student Hayley Denison at the ISSTDR conference in Brisbane. They discuss the differences studying for a PhD in New Zealand compared to the UK and how social media has helped people keep up to date at conferences.
Friday Jul 03, 2015
Friday Jul 03, 2015
How does drug use feed into STI transmission in men who have sex with men? What kinds of behaviours happen, and how can clinicians discuss these issues with men and best help them?
In this podcast Adam Bourne, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and David Stuart, substance use lead at the 56 Dean Street sexual health clinic, discuss the issues and offer their advice.
Read the related article:
Illicit drug use in sexual settings (‘chemsex’) and HIV/STI transmission risk behaviour among gay men in South London: findings from a qualitative study http://goo.gl/u6xubb
Thursday Jan 22, 2015
Thursday Jan 22, 2015
Simon Barton, Clinical Director, HIV & Sexual Health, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London, talks to Joseph D Tucker, International Diagnostics Centre, Keppel Street, London, about his editorial on how the history of syphilis cures provides some guidance on preparing for a HIV cure. More information about the working group can be found here http://searchiv.web.unc.edu/
Read the full editorial:
http://sti.bmj.com/content/91/1/2.full
Thursday Oct 23, 2014
Thursday Oct 23, 2014
Nicola Low, Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland, talks to Tom Edge, writer of the Channel 4 sitcom Scrotal Recall, a drama where a young man explores his past relationships via contact tracing after discovering he has chlamydia.
Tom discusses the medicine and research behind the writing, and the tensions between storytelling and science.