A Venue-Based Approach to Asymptomatic Mpox Screening and Doxy-PEP Provision: From Outbreak to Outreach, San Francisco, California, 2023‒2024.

Contag, Caitlin A; Renfro, Zachary T; Mukund, Adi Xiyal; Quint, Meg; Amitin, Shannon; Levy, Vivian; Hammack, Phillip L; Pinsky, Benjamin A et al. · Am J Public Health · 2026

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Abstract

The 2022 global outbreak of clade IIb mpox disproportionately impacted lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) communities and highlighted issues of stigma, access to health care, and health care‒associated trauma. Together with LGBTQ+ community partners, our research team implemented venue-based mpox virus and antibody testing. In response to feedback from our community partners, this effort evolved to include broader elements of sexual health services, including distribution of prescriptions for doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis. (<i>Am J Public Health</i>. 2026;116(3):307-311. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2025.308309).

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