The potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in diagnosing and managing sexually transmitted
infections (STIs), nonvenereal genital diseases, and overall sexual health is immense. AI …

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Direct access testing (DAT) is an emerging care model that provides on-demand laboratory
services for certain preventative, diagnostic, and monitoring indications. Unlike conventional …

Background Diagnostics are increasingly shifting to patients' home environment, facilitated
by new digital technologies. Digital diagnostics (diagnostic services enabled by digital …

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are caused by a variety of pathogens, many of which
have shared symptoms and all of which have shared transmission routes as implied by the …

Background Mail-in self-collection of samples with centralized reference laboratory sexually
transmitted infection (STI) testing has been shown to be feasible with equivalent …

Increased demand for sexual health services (including prevention and treatment) have
spurred the development of digital STI/HIV services. Earlier advances in testing technologies …

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted routine healthcare services, including testing and
treatment for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). At the same time, it fostered optimism …

Prompt and high-performing testing is key to sexually transmitted infection (STI) treatment
and transmission interruption. The COVID-19 pandemic brought a plethora of new severe …

Syphilis is a bacterial infection caused by Treponema pallidum and is primarily transmitted
via skin-to-skin or mucosal contact during sexual encounters, or through vertical …