| Bailey et al. 2626. Bailey JV, Farquhar C, Owen C. Bacterial vaginosis in lesbians and bisexual women. Sex Transm Dis 2004; 31:691-4. (2004) |
UK |
Lesbian sexual health clinic |
708 WSW, 93% lesbians |
BV |
Clinical examination and laboratory tests |
| Bailey et al. 2727. Bailey JV, Farquhar C, Owen C, Mangtani P. Sexually transmitted infections in women who have sex with women. Sex Transm Infect 2004; 80:244-6. (2004) |
UK |
Lesbian sexual health clinic |
708 WSW, 23% lesbians |
BV, TV, CT, gonorrhea, HPV, HSV2 |
Clinical examination and laboratory tests |
| Bauer & Welles 5858. Bauer GR, Welles SL. Beyond assumptions of negligible risk: sexually transmitted diseases and women who have sex with women. Am J Public Health 2001; 91:1282-6. (2001) |
USA |
LGBT community niches |
197 lesbians (N = 286) |
Any history of STI |
Self-report |
| Bostwick et al. 2020. Bostwick WB, Hughes TL, Everett B. Health behavior, status, and outcomes among a community-based sample of lesbian and bisexual women. LGBT Health 2015; 2:121-6. (2015) |
USA |
Community setting |
227 lesbians (N = 366) |
Any history of STI |
Self-report |
| Branstetter et al. 2121. Branstetter AJ, McRee A-L, Reiter PL. Correlates of human papillomavirus infection among a national sample of sexual minority women. J Womens Health (Larchmt) 2017; 26:1004-11. (2017) |
USA |
Population-based |
96 lesbians (N = 830) |
HPV |
Laboratory results |
| Charlton et al. 1010. Charlton BM, Corliss HL, Missmer SA, Frazier AL, Rosario M, Kahn JA, et al. Reproductive health screening disparities and sexual orientation in a cohort study of U.S. adolescent and young adult females. J Adolesc Health 2011; 49:505-10. (2011) |
USA |
Community setting |
59 lesbians (N = 4,224) |
Any history of STI |
Self-report |
| Estrich et al. 2222. Estrich CG, Gratzer B, Hotton AL. Differences in sexual health, risk behaviors, and substance use among women by sexual identity: Chicago, 2009-2011. Sex Transm Dis 2014; 41:194-9. (2014) |
USA |
STI clinic |
62 lesbians (N = 669) |
CT/gonorrhea (combined), any current STI, any history of STI |
Clinical examination and laboratory tests |
| Evans et al. 5959. Evans BA, Kell PD, Bond RA, MacRae KD. Racial origin, sexual lifestyle, and genital infection among women attending a genitourinary medicine clinic in London (1992). Sex Transm Infect 1998; 74:45-9. (1998) |
UK |
Genitourinary clinic |
16 lesbians (N = 948) |
BV |
Clinical examination and laboratory tests |
| Evans et al. 1717. Evans AL, Scally AJ, Wellard SJ, Wilson JD, Evans A. Prevalence of bacterial vaginosis in lesbians and heterosexual women in a community setting. Sex Transm Infect 2007; 83:470-5. (2007) |
UK |
LGBT community niches |
171 lesbians (N = 360) |
BV |
Clinical examination and laboratory tests |
| Everett 6060. Everett BG. Sexual orientation disparities in sexually transmitted infections: examining the intersection between sexual identity and sexual behavior. Arch Sex Behav 2013; 42:225-36. (2013) |
USA |
Population-based |
133 lesbians (N = 7,392 adolescents) |
Any history of STI |
Self-report |
| Lindley et al. 2323. Lindley LL, Barnett CL, Brandt HM, Hardin JW, Burcin M. STDs among sexually active female college students: does sexual orientation make a difference? Perspect Sex Reprod Health 2008; 40:212-7. (2008) |
USA |
Population-based |
270 lesbians (N = 29,952 college students) |
Any recent STI (past year), CT, gonorrhea, HPV, HIV, HSV2 |
Self-report |
| Logie et al. 5353. Logie CH, Lacombe-Duncan A, Weaver J, Navia D, Este D. A pilot study of a group-based HIV and STI prevention intervention for lesbian, bisexual, queer, and other women who have sex with women in Canada. AIDS Patient Care STDS 2015; 29:321-8. (2015) |
Canada |
Internet survey |
121 lesbians (N = 400) |
Any history of STI |
Self-report |
| Marrazzo et al. 2929. Marrazzo JM, Koutsky LA, Stine KL, Kuypers JM, Grubert TA, Galloway DA, et al. Genital human papillomavirus infection in women who have sex with women. J Infect Dis 1998; 178:1604-9. (1998) |
USA |
Mix of community setting and referral from lesbian sexual health clinic |
21 women without MSP ever (N = 149) |
HPV |
Clinical examination and laboratory tests |
| Massad et al. 2525. Massad LS, Xianhong X, Minkoff H, Darragh TM, D'Souza G, Sanchez-Keeland L, et al. Abnormal pap tests and human papillomavirus infections among HIV infected and uninfected women who have sex with women. J Low Genit Tract Dis 2014; 18:50-6. (2014) |
USA |
STI clinic |
73 lesbians (N = 438) |
HPV |
Clinical examination and laboratory tests |
| McCaffrey et al. 6161. McCaffrey M, Varney P, Evans B, Taylor-Robinson D. Bacterial vaginosis in lesbians: evidence for lack of sexual transmission. Int J STD AIDS 1999; 10:305-8. (1999) |
UK |
Genitourinary clinic |
15 lesbians (N = 91) |
BV |
Clinical examination and laboratory tests |
| Muzny et al. 6262. Muzny CA, Sunesara IR, Martin DH, Mena LA. Sexually transmitted infections and risk behaviors among African American women who have sex with women: does sex with men make a difference? Sex Transm Dis 2011; 38:1118-25. (2011) |
USA |
STI clinic |
111 women without MSP in the last year ** (N = 191 African American women) |
Any history of STI, TV, CT, gonorrhea, syphilis, HIV |
Clinical examination and laboratory tests |
| Muzny et al. 3434. Muzny CA, Sunesara IR, Austin EL, Mena LA, Schwebke JR. Bacterial vaginosis among African American women who have sex with women. Sex Transm Dis 2013; 40:751-5. (2013) |
USA |
STI clinic |
119 lesbians (N = 196 African American women) |
BV |
Clinical examination and laboratory tests |
| Muzny et al. 3131. Muzny CA, Austin EL, Harbison HS, Hook EW. Sexual partnership characteristics of African American women who have sex with women: impact on sexually transmitted infection risk. Sex Transm Dis 2014; 41:611-7. (2014) |
USA |
STI clinic |
78 WSW, 92% lesbians (N = 163 African American women) |
TV, CT, gonorrhea, syphilis, HIV, HSV2 |
Clinical examination and laboratory tests |
| Muzny et al. 4545. Muzny CA, Kapil R, Austin EL, Brown L, Hook EW, Geisler WM. Chlamydia trachomatis infection in African American women who exclusively have sex with women. Int J STD AIDS 2016; 27:978-83. (2016) |
USA |
STI clinic |
21 women without MSP ever (N = 63 African American women) |
CT |
Clinical examination and laboratory tests |
| Sandfort et al. 3030. Sandfort TGM, Baumann LRM, Matebeni Z, Reddy V, Southey-Swartz I. Forced sexual experiences as risk factor for self-reported HIV infection among Southern African lesbian and bisexual women. PLoS One 2013; 8:24-9. (2013) |
Southern Africa *** |
Community setting |
452 lesbians (N = 591) |
HIV |
Self-report |
| Tao 3232. Tao G. Sexual orientation and related viral sexually transmitted disease rates among US women aged 15 to 44 years. Am J Public Health 2008; 98:1007-9. (2008) |
USA |
Population-based |
99 lesbians (N = 7,643) |
Any history of viral STI |
Self-report |
| Xu et al. 6363. Xu F, Sternberg MR, Markowitz LE. Women who have sex with women in the United States: prevalence, sexual behavior and prevalence of herpes simplex virus type 2 infection. Sex Transm Dis 2010; 37:407-13. (2010) |
USA |
Population-based |
54 lesbians (N = 315) |
HSV2 |
Laboratory results |
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