Guideline

Guidelines for the management of asymptomatic sexually transmitted infections

Year of Publication

2025

Issuing Institution

World Health Organization

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Recommendations

4 included recommendations

WHO suggests that pregnant women who have no symptoms of a sexually transmitted infection and are accessing health-care services for antenatal visits be screened for N. gonorrhoeae and/or C. trachomatis in settings where prevalence is high and resources and capacity are available. Recommendations for the management of symptomatic sexually transmitted infections should continue to be followed.

Status

Updated

Recommended in favor

Conditional

Certainty of evidence

Low

WHO suggests that sexually active adolescents and young people (10–24 years old) who have no symptoms of a sexually transmitted infection and are accessing health-care services be screened for N. gonorrhoeae and/or C. trachomatis in settings where prevalence is high and resources and capacity are available. Recommendations for the management of symptomatic sexually transmitted infections should continue to be followed

Status

Updated

Recommended in favor

Conditional

Certainty of evidence

Low

WHO suggests that sex workers accessing health-care services who have no symptoms of a sexually transmitted infection be screened for N. gonorrhoeae and/or C. trachomatis. Recommendations for the management of symptomatic sexually transmitted infections should continue to be followed

Status

Maintained

Recommended in favor

Conditional

Certainty of evidence

Low

WHO suggests that men who have sex with men accessing health-care services who have no symptoms of a sexually transmitted infection be screened for N. gonorrhoeae and/or C. trachomatis. Recommendations for the management of symptomatic sexually transmitted infections should continue to be followed.

Status

Updated

Recommended in favor

Conditional

Certainty of evidence

Low