2026 Workshop of the ANRS MIE Scientific Working Group on Sexually Transmitted Infections

Main points

Programme

09:45 – 10:10
Registration and welcome of participants

10:10 – 10:15
Introduction
Cécile Bébéar and Jade Ghosn

10:15 – 10:45
In Vitro Models for STIs
Cindy Adapen (Fontenay-aux-Roses)

10:45 – 11:15
In Vitro Culture and Immunological Study of Primary Infection with Treponema pallidum
Romain Salle (Paris)

11:15 – 11:45
Prevalence and Longitudinal Follow-up of Anal Lesions, HPV Infections, and Associated STIs among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in Togo
Valentine Ferré (Paris)

11:45 – 12:30
Molecular Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance of Bacterial STIs among Transgender Women in Brazil: Findings from the MyTTrA Study
Cécile Bébéar (Bordeaux), Béatrice Berçot (Paris), Romain Salle (Paris)

12:30 – 14:00
Lunch break

14:00 – 14:30
STI Testing without a Prescription: Assessment after 18 Months
Emilie Chazelle (Saint-Maurice)

14:30 – 15:00
Doxycycline Prophylaxis to Prevent Bacterial STIs: Results from the Open-Label Extension Phase of the ANRS 174 DOXYVAC Trial
Jade Ghosn (Paris)

15:00 – 15:30
Mpox Clade 1B Outbreak in France
Sébastien Fouéré (Paris)

15:30 – 16:00
Results of the Monkeyvax Study
Liem Binh Luong (Paris)

16:00
Closing remarks and end of the workshop.