Put a little doxy-PEP in your step: Using doxycycline to prevent chlamydia, syphilis, and gonorrhea infections

Eric A. Meyerowitz; Rina Liang; Derek Bishop; Caroline E. Mullis

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1012575

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Put a little doxy-PEP in your step: Using doxycycline to prevent chlamydia, syphilis, and gonorrhea infections

Eric A. Meyerowitz ,

* E-mail: emeyerowit@montefiore.org

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7954-6548

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Rina Liang,

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America
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Derek Bishop,

Affiliation Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America
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Caroline E. Mullis

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America
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Put a little doxy-PEP in your step: Using doxycycline to prevent chlamydia, syphilis, and gonorrhea infections

Eric A. Meyerowitz,
Rina Liang,
Derek Bishop,
Caroline E. Mullis

Published: September 30, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1012575

About the Authors

Eric A. Meyerowitz

* E-mail: emeyerowit@montefiore.org

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7954-6548

Rina Liang

Derek Bishop

Affiliation Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Caroline E. Mullis

Competing Interests

The authors report no competing interests for this work.

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