Are genital examinations necessary for STI screening for female sex workers? An audit of decriminalized and regulated sex workers in Melbourne, Australia

• Evelyn M. Turek ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: etur12@student.monash.edu (EMT); eric.chow@monash.edu (RPFC)

  Affiliations Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Christopher K. Fairley,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Catriona S. Bradshaw,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Marcus Y. Chen,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Lenka A. Vodstrcil,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Anthony Snow,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Ria Fortune,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Eric P. F. Chow

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: etur12@student.monash.edu (EMT); eric.chow@monash.edu (RPFC)

  Affiliations Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1766-0657

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