At-Home Diagnostics Solutions for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea

JAMA. 2024 May 28;331(20):1701-1702. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.5574.
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Plain language summary

This Viewpoint discusses the US Food and Drug Administration’s authorization of marketing an at-home testing system for chlamydia and gonorrhea as a good first step in boosting access to screening and treatment and in reducing infection rates.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Chlamydia Infections* / diagnosis
  • Chlamydia trachomatis / isolation & purification
  • Female
  • Gonorrhea* / diagnosis
  • Health Services Accessibility
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neisseria gonorrhoeae / isolation & purification
  • Self-Testing*
  • United States
  • United States Food and Drug Administration