NEEMA Published Papers – Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Katz DA, Copen CE, Haderxhanaj LT, Hogben M, Goodreau SM, Spicknall IH, Hamilton DT,. Changes in Oral and Anal Sex With Opposite-Sex Partners Among Sexually Active Females and Males Aged 15 to 44 Years in the United States: National Survey of Family Growth, 2011–2019. Sexually Transmitted Diseases 50(11):p 713-719, November 2023. DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001867

Yaesoubi R, Xi Q, Hsu K, Gift TL, Cyr SBS, Rönn M, Salomon JA, Grad YH. The impact of rapid drug susceptibility tests on gonorrhea burden and lifespan of antibiotic treatments: A modeling study among men who have sex with men in the United States. [published online ahead of print, 2023 Aug 24]. Am J Epidemiol. 2023;kwad175. doi:10.1093/aje/kwad175

Reichert E, Yaesoubi R, Rönn MM, Gift TL, Salomon JA, Grad YH. Resistance-minimising strategies for introducing a novel antibiotic for gonorrhoea treatment: A mathematical modelling study. Lancet Microbe. 2023;4(10):e781-e789. doi:10.1016/S2666-5247(23)00145-3

Jones J, Jenness SM, Le Guillou A, Sullivan PS, Gift TL, Delaney KP, Chesson H,. Estimated number of incident HIV infections in men who have sex with men attributable to gonorrhea and chlamydia, per gonococcal or chlamydial infection, in the United States. Sexually Transmitted Diseases ():10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001724, October 31, 2022. DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001724

Li Y, You S, Lee K, Yaesoubi R, Hsu K, Gift TL, Chesson HW, Berruti AA, Salomon JA, Rönn M. The estimated lifetime quality-adjusted life-years lost due to chlamydia, gonorrhea, and trichomoniasis in the United States in 2018. J Infect Dis. 2023;jiad047. doi:10.1093/infdis/jiad047

Rönn MM, Li Y, Gift TL, Chesson HW, Menzies NA, Hsu K, Salomon JA. Costs, health benefits, and cost-effectiveness of chlamydia screening and partner notification in the United States, 2000-2019: A mathematical modeling. Sex Transm Dis. 2023;10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001786. doi:10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001786

You S, Yaesoubi R, Lee K, Li Y, Eppink ST, Hsu, K, Chesson HW, Gift TL, Berruti AA, Salomon JA, Rönn M. Lifetime quality-adjusted life years lost due to genital herpes acquired in the United States in 2018: A mathematical modeling study. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2023;19:100427. doi:10.1016/j.lana.2023.100427

Yaesoubi R, Cohen T, Hsu K, Gift TL, St Cyr SB, Salomon JA, Grad YH. Evaluating spatially adaptive guidelines for the treatment of gonorrhea to reduce the incidence of gonococcal infection and increase the effective lifespan of antibiotics. PLoS Comput Biol. 2022;18(2):e1009842. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009842

Katz, D.A., Copen, C.E., Haderxhanaj, L.T. et al. Changes in Sexual Behaviors with Opposite-Sex Partners and Sexually Transmitted Infection Outcomes Among Females and Males Ages 15–44 Years in the USA: National Survey of Family Growth, 2008–2019. Arch Sex Behav (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-022-02485-3

Jones, J., Le Guillou, A., Gift, T. L., Chesson, H., Bernstein, K., Delaney, K., Lyles, C., Berruti, A., Sullivan, P. S., & Jenness, S. M. (2022). Effect of Screening and Treatment for Gonorrhea and Chlamydia on HIV Incidence among Men who Have Sex with Men in the United States: A Modeling Analysis. Sexually transmitted diseases, 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001685. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001685

Ansari B, Hart-Malloy R, Rosenberg E, Trigg M, Martin E Modeling the Potential Impact of Missing Race and Ethnicity Data in Infectious Disease Surveillance Systems on Disparity Measures: Scenario Analysis of Different Imputation Strategies. JMIR Public Health Surveill 2022;8(11):e38037. DOI: 10.2196/38037. https://publichealth.jmir.org/2022/11/e38037

Martin, E. G., Ansari, B., Rosenberg, E. S., Hart-Malloy, R., Smith, D., Bernstein, K. T., Chesson, H. W., Delaney, K., Trigg, M., & Gift, T. L. (2022). Variation in Patterns of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Primary and Secondary Syphilis Diagnosis Rates Among Heterosexually Active Women by Region and Age Group in the United States. Sexually transmitted diseases, 49(5), 330–337.

Lee K, You S, Li Y, Chesson H, Gift TL, Berruti AA, Hsu K, Yaesoubi R, Salomon JA, Rönn M. Estimation of the Lifetime Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) Lost Due to Syphilis Acquired in the United States in 2018. Clinical Infectious Diseases, June 9, 2022. Epub ahead of print.

Earnest R, Rönn MM, Bellerose M, Menon-Johansson AS, Berruti AA, Chesson HW, Gift TL, Hsu KK, Testa C, Zhu L, Malyuta Y, Menzies NA, Salomon JA. Modeling the Cost-Effectiveness of Express Multi-Site Gonorrhea Screening among Men Who Have Sex with Men in the United States. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2021 May 14.

Tuite AR, Testa C, Rönn M, Bellerose M, Gift T, Fridge J, Molotnikov L, Desmarais C, Berruti A, Menzies N, Malyuta Y, Hsu K, Salomon JA. Exploring How Epidemic Context Influences Syphilis Screening Impact: A Mathematical Modeling Study. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2020 Dec;47(12):798-810.

Rönn MM, Dunville R, Wang LY, Bellerose M, Malyuta Y, Menzies NA, Aslam M, Lewis F, Walker-Baban C, Asbel L, Parchem S, Masinter L, Perez E, Gift TL, Hsu K, Barrios LC, Salomon JA. Mathematical modeling study of school-based chlamydia screening: potential impact on chlamydia prevalence in intervention schools and surrounding communities. BMC Public Health. 2020 Sep 5;20(1):1363.

Earnest R, Rönn MM, Bellerose M, Gift TL, Berruti AA, Hsu KK, Testa C, Zhu L, Malyuta Y, Menzies NA, Salomon JA. Population-level Benefits of Extragenital Gonorrhea Screening Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: An Exploratory Modeling Analysis. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2020 Jul;47(7):484-490.

Yaesoubi R, Cohen T, Hsu K, Gift TL, Chesson H, Salomon JA, Grad YH. Adaptive guidelines for the treatment of gonorrhea to increase the effective life span of antibiotics among men who have sex with men in the United States: A mathematical modeling study. PLoS Med. 2020 Apr 3;17(4):e1003077.

Rönn MM, Testa C, Tuite AR, Chesson HW, Gift TL, Schumacher C, Williford SL, Zhu L, Bellerose M, Earnest R, Malyuta Y. The potential population-level impact of different gonorrhea screening strategies in Baltimore and San Francisco: an exploratory mathematical modeling analysis. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2020 Mar;47(3):143.

Weiss KM, Jones JS, Katz DA, Gift TL, Bernstein K, Workowski K, Rosenberg ES, Jenness SM. Epidemiological Impact of Expedited Partner Therapy for Men Who Have Sex With Men: A Modeling Study. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2019 Nov 1;46(11):697-705

Weiss KM, Jones JS, Anderson EJ, Gift T, Chesson H, Bernstein K, Workowski K, Tuite A, Rosenberg ES, Sullivan PS, Jenness SM. Optimizing Coverage vs Frequency for Sexually Transmitted Infection Screening of Men Who Have Sex With Men. InOpen Forum Infectious Diseases 2019 Oct (Vol. 6, No. 10, p. ofz405). US: Oxford University Press.

Rönn MM, Menzies NA, Gift TL, Chesson HW, Trikalinos TA, Bellerose M, Malyuta Y, Berruti A, Gaydos CA, Hsu KK, Salomon JA. Potential for Point-of-Care Tests to Reduce Chlamydia-associated Burden in the United States: A Mathematical Modeling Analysis. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2020 Apr 15;70(9):1816-1823.

Kasaie P, Schumacher CM, Jennings JM, Berry SA, Tuddenham SA, Shah MS, Rosenberg ES, Hoover KW, Gift TL, Chesson H, German D. Gonorrhoea and Chlamydia Diagnosis as an Entry Point for HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis: A Modelling Study. BMJ open. 2019 Mar 1;9(3):e023453. Accessed 3/4/2019.

Jones, J; Weiss, K; Mermin, J; Dietz, P; Rosenberg, E.S.; Gift, T.L.; Chesson, H; Sullivan, P.S.; Lyles, C; Bernstein, K.T.; Jenness, S.M. Proportion of Incident HIV Cases Among Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Modeling Analysis, Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2019 January 19. Accessed 1/19/2019.

Rönn MM, Tuite AR, Menzies NA, Wolf EE, Gift TL, Chesson HW, Torrone E, Berruti A, Mazzola E, Galer K, Hsu K. The Impact of Screening and Partner Notification on Chlamydia Prevalence and Numbers of Infections in the United States: Evaluation of Epidemiologic Trends Using a Pair-Formation Transmission Model. American journal of epidemiology. 2019 Mar 1;188(3):545-554.

Valencia, R., Wang, L.Y., Dunville, R., Sharma, A., Sanchez, T., Rosenberg, E. Sexual Risk Behaviors in Adolescent Sexual Minority Males:  A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Journal of Primary Prevention, 2018 Dec 1;39(6):619-45, pp 619–645. Accessed 11/27/2018.

Tuite AR, Rönn MM, Wolf E, Gift TL, Chesson HW, Berruti A, Galer K, Menzies NA, Hsu K, Salomon JA. Estimated Impact of Screening on Gonorrhea Epidemiology in the United States: Insights From a Mathematical Model. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2018 Nov;45(11):713.

Sullivan, P. S., Purcell, D. W., Grey, J. A., Bernstein, K. T., Gift, T. L., Wimbly, T. A., Hall, E., Rosenberg, E. S. Patterns of Racial/Ethnic Disparities and Prevalence in HIV and Syphilis Diagnoses Among Men Who Have Sex With Men, 2016: A Novel Data VisualizationAmerican Journal of Public Health 2018 Nov;108(S4):S266-73. Accessed 11/7/2018.

Kasaie P, Berry SA, Shah MS, Rosenberg ES, Hoover KW, Gift TL, Chesson H, Pennington J, German D, Flynn CP, Beyrer C, Dowdy DW. Impact of Providing Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for HIV at Clinics for Sexually Transmitted Infections in Baltimore City: an Agent-Based Model. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2018 June 25. Accessed 6/28/2018.

Mirzazadeh A, Biggs A, Viitanen A, Horvath H, Wang L, Dunville R, Barrios LC, Kahn JG, Marseille E. Do School-Based Programs Prevent HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections in Adolescents? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Prevention Science. 2018 May 1;19(4):490-506.

Tuite AR, Gift TL, Chesson HW, Hsu K, Salomon JA, Grad YH. Impact of Rapid Susceptibility Testing and Antibiotic Selection Strategy on the Emergence and Spread of Antibiotic Resistance in Gonorrhea. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2017 Nov 1;216(9):1141-9.

Rönn MM, Wolf E, Chesson HW, Menzies NA, Galer K, Gorwitz R, Gift TL, Hsu K, Salomon JA. The Use of Mathematical Models of Chlamydia Transmission to Address Public Health Policy Questions: A Systematic Literature Review. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2017, 44(5): 278-283.

Jenness SM, Weiss KM, Goodreau SM, Gift T, Chesson H, Hoover KW, Smith DK, Liu AY, Sullivan PS, Rosenberg ES. Incidence of Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Following Human Immunodeficiency Virus Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: A Modeling Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2017; 65(5): 712-718. Accessed 9/1/2017.

Grey JA, Bernstein KT, Sullivan PS, Kidd SE, Gift TL, Hall EW, Hankin-Wei A, Weinstock HS, Rosenberg ES. Rates of Primary and Secondary Syphilis Among White and Black Non-Hispanic Men Who Have Sex With Men, US States, 2014. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2017; 76(3). Accessed 1/24/2018.

Sharma A, Wang LY, Dunville R, Kearns R, Rosenberg E, Sullivan P. HIV and STD Testing Behavior among Young Men Who Have Sex With Men: Analysis of Pooled Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data, 2005-2013. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2016;58(2):S80. Accessed 9/8/2016.

Grey JA, Bernstein KT, Sullivan PS, Purcell DW, Chesson HW, Gift TL, Rosenberg ES. Estimating the Population Sizes of Men Who Have Sex With Men in US States and Counties Using Data From the American Community Survey. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. 2016;2(1):e14. Accessed 8/31/2016.

Lee K, You S, Li Y, et al. Estimation of the Lifetime Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) Lost Due to Syphilis acquired in the United States in 2018 [published online ahead of print, 2022 Jun 9]. Clin Infect Dis. 2022;ciac427. doi:10.1093/cid/ciac427

Li Y, Ronn MM, Tuite AR, et al. Estimated costs and quality-adjusted life-years lost due to N. gonorrhoeae infections acquired in 2015 in the United States: A modelling study of overall burden and disparities by age, race/ethnicity, and other factors. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2022;16:100364. doi:10.1016/j.lana.2022.100364

Martin, E. G., Ansari, B., Rosenberg, E. S., Hart-Malloy, R., Smith, D., Bernstein, K. T., Chesson, H. W., Delaney, K., Trigg, M., & Gift, T. L. (2022). Variation in Patterns of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Primary and Secondary Syphilis Diagnosis Rates Among Heterosexually Active Women by Region and Age Group in the United States. Sexually transmitted diseases, 49(5), 330–337. https://doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001607

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