K A Fenton

Summary

Affiliation: Central Public Health Laboratory
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi London--the next battleground for syphilis?
    P D Crook
    HIV STI Division, PHLS Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ
    Commun Dis Public Health 5:163-4. 2002
  2. ncbi Estimating adult HIV prevalence in the UK in 2003: the direct method of estimation
    C A McGarrigle
    HIV and STI Department, Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ, UK
    Sex Transm Infect 82:iii78-86. 2006
  3. ncbi Recent trends in diagnoses of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in England and Wales among men who have sex with men
    N Macdonald
    HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections Department, Health Protection Agency, Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ, UK
    Sex Transm Infect 80:492-7. 2004
  4. ncbi Monitoring the effectiveness of HIV and STI prevention initiatives in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland: where are we now?
    A E Brown
    HIV and STI Department, Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ, UK
    Sex Transm Infect 82:4-10. 2006
  5. ncbi Men who have sex with men who are born abroad and diagnosed with HIV in England and Wales: an epidemiological perspective
    S Dougan
    HIV and STI Department, Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ, UK
    Int J STD AIDS 16:618-21. 2005
  6. ncbi Using chlamydia positivity to estimate prevalence: evidence from the Chlamydia Screening Pilot in England
    D S LaMontagne
    Health Protection Agency, Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, HIV and STI Department, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ, UK
    Int J STD AIDS 16:323-7. 2005
  7. ncbi Surveillance systems for STIs in the European Union: facing a changing epidemiology
    C M Lowndes
    Department of HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections, Health Protection Agency, Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ, UK
    Sex Transm Infect 80:264-71. 2004
  8. ncbi Factors associated with heterosexual transmission of HIV to individuals without a major risk within England, Wales, and Northern Ireland: a comparison with national probability surveys
    V L Gilbart
    HIV and STI Department, Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ, UK
    Sex Transm Infect 82:15-20. 2006
  9. ncbi Modelling the healthcare costs of an opportunistic chlamydia screening programme
    E J Adams
    Statistics, Modelling and Economics Department, Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, Health Protection Agency, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ, UK
    Sex Transm Infect 80:363-70. 2004
  10. ncbi Trends in, and determinants of, HIV testing at genitourinary medicine clinics and general practice in England, 1990-2000
    T R Chadborn
    HIV STI Division, Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, Health Protection Agency, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ, UK
    Sex Transm Infect 80:145-50. 2004

Detail Information

Publications44

  1. ncbi London--the next battleground for syphilis?
    P D Crook
    HIV STI Division, PHLS Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ
    Commun Dis Public Health 5:163-4. 2002
    ..Largest rises were seen in homosexual males (38 to 67 diagnoses), and this trend persisted into the 1st quarter of 2001. Nearly half of the male homosexual cases where HIV status was known were HIV positive...
  2. ncbi Estimating adult HIV prevalence in the UK in 2003: the direct method of estimation
    C A McGarrigle
    HIV and STI Department, Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ, UK
    Sex Transm Infect 82:iii78-86. 2006
    ..Estimates of the total number of prevalent HIV infections attributable to the major routes of infection make an important contribution to public health policy, as they are used for planning services...
  3. ncbi Recent trends in diagnoses of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in England and Wales among men who have sex with men
    N Macdonald
    HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections Department, Health Protection Agency, Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ, UK
    Sex Transm Infect 80:492-7. 2004
    ..To examine trends in rates of diagnoses of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in men who have sex with men (MSM) in England and Wales between 1997 and 2002...
  4. ncbi Monitoring the effectiveness of HIV and STI prevention initiatives in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland: where are we now?
    A E Brown
    HIV and STI Department, Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ, UK
    Sex Transm Infect 82:4-10. 2006
    ..Prevention initiatives have seen recent successes in limiting further HIV/STI transmission. However, more work is required if current levels of transmission are to be reduced...
  5. ncbi Men who have sex with men who are born abroad and diagnosed with HIV in England and Wales: an epidemiological perspective
    S Dougan
    HIV and STI Department, Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ, UK
    Int J STD AIDS 16:618-21. 2005
    ..More than half probably acquired their HIV infection in the UK, strengthening the call for targeted HIV prevention and sexual health promotion among MSM who are not born in England and Wales...
  6. ncbi Using chlamydia positivity to estimate prevalence: evidence from the Chlamydia Screening Pilot in England
    D S LaMontagne
    Health Protection Agency, Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, HIV and STI Department, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ, UK
    Int J STD AIDS 16:323-7. 2005
    ..4% in Portsmouth and 11.0% in the Wirral; these estimates were not statistically different from prevalence, regardless of health-care setting, age group or symptoms. We conclude that positivity can be used as a proxy for prevalence...
  7. ncbi Surveillance systems for STIs in the European Union: facing a changing epidemiology
    C M Lowndes
    Department of HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections, Health Protection Agency, Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ, UK
    Sex Transm Infect 80:264-71. 2004
    ..To characterise the nature, content, and performance characteristics of existing national STI surveillance systems in the European Union (EU) and Norway, to facilitate collection of comparable surveillance data...
  8. ncbi Factors associated with heterosexual transmission of HIV to individuals without a major risk within England, Wales, and Northern Ireland: a comparison with national probability surveys
    V L Gilbart
    HIV and STI Department, Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ, UK
    Sex Transm Infect 82:15-20. 2006
    ..To compare the prevalence of HIV risk behaviours reported by heterosexuals without major risks for HIV acquisition diagnosed with HIV in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, with those of the heterosexual general population...
  9. ncbi Modelling the healthcare costs of an opportunistic chlamydia screening programme
    E J Adams
    Statistics, Modelling and Economics Department, Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, Health Protection Agency, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ, UK
    Sex Transm Infect 80:363-70. 2004
    ....
  10. ncbi Trends in, and determinants of, HIV testing at genitourinary medicine clinics and general practice in England, 1990-2000
    T R Chadborn
    HIV STI Division, Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, Health Protection Agency, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ, UK
    Sex Transm Infect 80:145-50. 2004
    ..To describe the trends in and determinants of HIV testing and positivity at genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinics and in general practice (GP) in England between 1990 and 2000...
  11. ncbi Behavioural surveillance: the value of national coordination
    C A McGarrigle
    HIV STI Division, Public Health Laboratory Service, Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, 61 Colindale Ave, London NW9 5EQ, UK
    Sex Transm Infect 78:398-405. 2002
    ..This will be particularly useful for monitoring the progress towards specific disease control targets set in the Department of Health's new Sexual Health and HIV Strategy...
  12. ncbi Establishing the National Chlamydia Screening Programme in England: results from the first full year of screening
    D S LaMontagne
    HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections Department, Health Protection Agency, Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ, UK
    Sex Transm Infect 80:335-41. 2004
    ..This review describes the implementation of the NCSP, reports positivity rates for the first year, and explores risk factors for genital chlamydial infection...
  13. ncbi Black Caribbean adults with HIV in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland: an emerging epidemic?
    S Dougan
    Health Protection Agency, Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ, UK
    Sex Transm Infect 80:18-23. 2004
    ..Continuing inward migration from the Caribbean and a high incidence of some bacterial STIs among Britain's black Caribbean communities, suggests a considerable potential for HIV spread...
  14. ncbi Recent trends in the epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections in the European Union
    K A Fenton
    HIV STI Department, Health Protection Agency, Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ, UK
    Sex Transm Infect 80:255-63. 2004
    ..We review recent trends in the epidemiology of the major acute STIs in the European Union and Norway, their key determinants, and opportunities for enhancing STI prevention interventions in the region...
  15. ncbi Overlap between genitourinary medicine and public health in the surveillance and control of sexually transmitted infection in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
    J A Jones
    Health Protection Agency, Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ
    Commun Dis Public Health 6:113-7. 2003
    ..Enactment of these suggested remedies may contribute to meeting the challenge of reversing current disease trends...
  16. ncbi Epidemiology of HIV among black and minority ethnic men who have sex with men in England and Wales
    S Dougan
    Department of HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections, Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, Health Protection Agency, Centre for Infections, 61 Colindale Avenue, London, NW9 5EQ, UK
    Sex Transm Infect 81:345-50. 2005
    ..To examine the epidemiology of HIV among black and minority ethnic (BME) men who have sex with men (MSM) in England and Wales (E&W)...
  17. ncbi HIV testing and high risk sexual behaviour among London's migrant African communities: a participatory research study
    K A Fenton
    Department of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Royal Free and University College Medical School, Mortimer Market Centre, London WC1E 6AU, UK
    Sex Transm Infect 78:241-5. 2002
    ..To describe the demographic and behavioural factors associated with HIV testing among migrant Africans in London...
  18. ncbi Characteristics of those who repeatedly acquire sexually transmitted infections: a retrospective cohort study of attendees at three urban sexually transmitted disease clinics in England
    G Hughes
    Public Health Laboratory Service, Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, London; the MRC Clinical Trials Unit, London, United Kingdom
    Sex Transm Dis 28:379-86. 2001
    ..Directing enhanced STD clinic-based interventions at these groups may be an effective strategy for STI control...
  19. ncbi Mayisha II: pilot of a community-based survey of sexual attitudes and lifestyles and anonymous HIV testing within African communities in London
    K E Sadler
    HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections Department, Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, London, UK
    AIDS Care 18:398-403. 2006
    ..Participatory research methods are essential for achieving successful community-based surveys among black Africans in Britain...
  20. ncbi South Asians with HIV in London: is it time to rethink sexual health service delivery to meet the needs of heterosexual ethnic minorities?
    G Sethi
    Sex Transm Infect 80:75-6. 2004
  21. ncbi Sexual behaviour in Britain: reported sexually transmitted infections and prevalent genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection
    K A Fenton
    Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Department of Primary Care, Royal Free and University College London Medical School, London, UK
    Lancet 358:1851-4. 2001
    ..The results have potentially wide application for proposed chlamydia screening programmes which, given the demonstrated prevalence, must now proactively seek to involve men...
  22. ncbi Sexual health and HIV positive individuals: emerging lessons from the recent outbreaks of infectious syphilis in England
    K A Fenton
    Commun Dis Public Health 5:4-6. 2002
  23. ncbi Syphilis surveillance and epidemiology in the United Kingdom
    A A Righarts
    HIV and STI Department, Health Protection Agency, Centre for Infections, London, United Kingdom
    Euro Surveill 9:21-5. 2004
    ..MSM bear the brunt of the national resurgence in infectious syphilis. Substantial rises in male heterosexual cases has resulted in a divergence between male heterosexual and female cases, which now requires further investigation...
  24. ncbi Phase specific strategies for the prevention, control, and elimination of sexually transmitted diseases: background country profile, England and Wales
    A M Johnson
    Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Department of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Royal Free and University College London Medical School, UK
    Sex Transm Infect 78:i125-32. 2002
    ..Integrated efforts are needed at a national level to achieve greater coordination between STD, HIV, and contraception services, school education, and broader public education and programmes...
  25. ncbi Who reports sexual function problems? Empirical evidence from Britain's 2000 National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles
    C H Mercer
    Centre for Sexual Health and HIV Research, Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, University College London, Mortimer Market Centre, London WC1E 6AU, UK
    Sex Transm Infect 81:394-9. 2005
    ..To identify sociodemographic, sexual, and health behavioural and attitudinal factors associated with reporting sexual function problems...
  26. ncbi Factors associated with HIV testing among black Africans in Britain
    F Burns
    Centre for Sexual Health and HIV Research, Royal Free and University College Medical School, Mortimer Market Centre, off Capper Street, London WC1E 6AU, UK
    Sex Transm Infect 81:494-500. 2005
    ..To describe the factors associated with HIV testing among heterosexual black Africans aged 16-44 years living in Britain...
  27. ncbi Sexual behaviour in Britain: partnerships, practices, and HIV risk behaviours
    A M Johnson
    Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, Royal Free and University College Medical School, Mortimer Market Centre, WC1E 6AU, London, UK
    Lancet 358:1835-42. 2001
    ....
  28. ncbi Why the(y) wait? Key informant understandings of factors contributing to late presentation and poor utilization of HIV health and social care services by African migrants in Britain
    F M Burns
    Centre for Sexual Health and HIV Research, University College London
    AIDS Care 19:102-8. 2007
    ..Community involvement should include input to ensure there is: better cultural understanding within the health care system; normalization of the HIV testing process; and a clear message on the effectiveness of therapy...
  29. ncbi HIV in gay and bisexual men in the United Kingdom: 25 years of public health surveillance
    S Dougan
    HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections Department, Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, London, UK
    Epidemiol Infect 136:145-56. 2008
    ..We also reflect on how they will need to continue evolving to effectively inform health policy in the future...
  30. ncbi Sexual behaviour and HIV infection in black-Africans in England: results from the Mayisha II survey of sexual attitudes and lifestyles
    K E Sadler
    Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, London, UK
    Sex Transm Infect 83:523-9. 2007
    ..To determine demographic, behavioural and service use factors associated with HIV prevalence...
  31. ncbi Congenital syphilis following negative antenatal screening
    M P Richardson
    Commun Dis Public Health 5:72-3. 2002
    ..Congenital syphilis is re-emerging in a number of industrialised countries and this report demonstrates that some of the most serious cases cannot be prevented by routine antenatal screening...
  32. ncbi Screening, diagnosis and management of early syphilis in genitourinary medicine clinics in the UK
    K E Rogstad
    Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK
    Int J STD AIDS 16:348-52. 2005
    ....
  33. ncbi The accuracy of reported sensitive sexual behaviour in Britain: exploring the extent of change 1990-2000
    A J Copas
    Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, Royal Free and University College Medical School, Mortimer Market Centre, off Capper Street, London WC1E 6AU, UK
    Sex Transm Infect 78:26-30. 2002
    ..We examine whether changes in prevalence estimates may partly result from changes in measurement accuracy...
  34. ncbi Surveillance of sexually transmitted infections in primary care
    I Simms
    Sex Transm Infect 79:174-6. 2003
  35. ncbi The sexual health needs of HIV-positive people
    Jane Hutchinson
    Int J STD AIDS 14:500-1. 2003
  36. ncbi Male circumcision in Britain: findings from a national probability sample survey
    S S Dave
    Sex Transm Infect 79:499-500. 2003
  37. ncbi Chlamydia screening and sexual health
    G J Hart
    Sex Transm Infect 78:396-7. 2002
  38. ncbi Gonorrhoea in young heterosexuals attending urban STD clinics in Britain: a cross-sectional survey
    E Jungmann
    Department of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Royal Free and University College Medical School, Mortimer Market Centre, off Capper Street, London WC1E 6AU, UK
    Int J STD AIDS 15:243-8. 2004
    ..5% vs 1.3%). Different management protocols for young and older patients with gonorrhoea may need to be considered...
  39. ncbi Recent trends in HIV and other STIs in the United Kingdom: data to the end of 2002
    A E Brown
    HIV and STI Department, Health Protection Agency, Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, UK
    Sex Transm Infect 80:159-66. 2004
    ....
  40. ncbi Diagnosis of genital chlamydia in primary care: an explanation of reasons for variation in chlamydia testing
    C A M McNulty
    Microbiology Department, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Great Western Road, Gloucester GL1 3NN, UK
    Sex Transm Infect 80:207-11. 2004
    ..This will need to include information about the benefits of testing and who, when, and how to test...
  41. ncbi National screening programme for chlamydia exists in England
    K A Fenton
    BMJ 329:172. 2004
  42. ncbi National chlamydia screening programme in England: making progress
    K A Fenton
    Sex Transm Infect 80:331-3. 2004
  43. ncbi Improving sexual health--local data are needed to improve local responsiveness
    K A Fenton
    Commun Dis Public Health 7:94-5. 2004
  44. ncbi Factors associated with HIV seroconversion in gay men in England at the start of the 21st century
    N Macdonald
    HIV and STI Department, Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, UK
    Sex Transm Infect 84:8-13. 2008
    ..To detect and quantify current risk factors for HIV seroconversion among gay men seeking repeat tests at sexual health clinics...