title: Is rectal gonorrhoea a lead indicator of HIV transmission among men who have sex with men in Victoria, Australia?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine whether rectal gonorrhoea (RG; Neisseria gonorrhoeae) can be used as a lead indicator of trends in HIV diagnosis in men who have sex with men (MSM).
  
  
  METHODS
  Data from a metropolitan sexual health centre in Victoria, Australia, on RG and HIV tests in HIV-negative MSM from January 2006 to December 2011 were examined.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Allowing RG a 12-month lead over HIV showed no concordance in proportion positive (r=0.27; P-value=0.28).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The data do not support use of RG trends as a lead indicator of trends in HIV among MSM.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Population Health, Burnet Institute, 85 Commercial Road, Melbourne, Vic. 3004, Australia.
authors.forename: Anna L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Wilkinson
authors.forename: Megan S C
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stoové
authors.forename: Christopher K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Fairley
authors.forename: Marcus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: El-Hayek
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Denham
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hellard
mesh_terms: D001727:Bisexuality; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012007:Rectum; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D014739:Victoria / Q000453:epidemiology