ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Winner of Best Overall Oral Presentation at Congress:
De-implementation of Routine Chlamydia Testing for Asymptomatic Individuals in Public Sexual Health Services in the Netherlands – Insights from Survey and National Surveillance Data
Zoïe Alexiou^1,2, Bernice Hoenderboom², Daphne van Wees², Rida EL-Jobouri², Birgit van Benthem², Nicole Dukers^1,3
1Department of Health Promotion, Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands; ²Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands; ³Department of Sexual Health, Infectious Diseases and Environmental Health, Living Lab Public Health Mosa, Public Health Service South Limburg, Heerlen, Netherlands

The judges also commended the following 3 Oral Presentations:
Disseminated herpes simplex virus in pregnancy: a systematic review of cases describing clinical features, diagnostic methods and death rate
Bethany Harrison¹, Emily Clarke^1,2
1Axess Sexual Health, NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, Liverpool, United Kingdom; ²University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Sexual practices, recreational drug use and awareness regarding preventive measures among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Greece
Nikolaos Kalesis¹, Onisiphoros Neofytou², Konstantinos Thomas², Charalampos D. Moschopoulos², Dimitra Kavatha², Anastasia Antoniadou², Antonios Papadopoulos², Konstantinos Protopapas^1,2
1Private Sexual Health Clinic, Athens, Greece; ²Fourth department of Internal Medicine, Attikon University Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Going live with Gono-vax- a 5 centre roll out in the North of England of meningococcal B vaccine for the prevention of gonorrhoea
Sophie Brady, Ruth Aseervatham, Mark Heptinstall, Nicola Fearnley
Locala, Bradford, United Kingdom

Best Oral Presentation by a Training Grade Doctor (this award includes paid registration for the 2026 IUSTI European Congress in Prague):
IFN-g gene polymorphisms +874 T/A and +2109 A/G are associated with the serofast state after early syphilis treatment
Konrad Kaminiów, Martyna Kiołbasa, Maciej Pastuszczak
Clinical Department of Dermatology in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, Zabrze, Poland

Best Oral Presentation for work done as a Medical Student:
Characteristics seen in men who have sex with men with Enterobius vermicularis (threadworms): a systematic review
Aleksander Modlinski¹, Sarah Lancaster¹, Lucy Rabuszko², Carrie Llewellyn¹, Daniel Richardson^1
1BSMS, Brighton, United Kingdom; ²University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, Brighton, United Kingdom

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Best Overall Poster Presentation at Congress:
Species distribution and resistome of oropharyngeal commensal Neisseria spp. in Pretoria and East London, South Africa
Hyunsul Jung¹, Mandisa Mdingi^1,2, Remco Peters^1,3
1Department of Medical Microbiology, University Of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa; ²STI Research Unit, Foundation for Professional Development, East London, South Africa; ³Division of Medical Microbiology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Best Post Presentation by a Training Grade Doctor (this award includes paid registration for the 2026 IUSTI European Congress in Prague):
The aetiology and treatment outcomes of epididymo-orchitis: A clinic-based review
Jim Abi Frem¹, Peter Soliman¹, Colin Fitzpatrick^1,2, Deborah Williams¹, Daniel Richardson^1,2
1University Hospitals Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom; ²Brighton & Sussex Medical School, Brighton, United Kingdom

Best Poster Presentation for work done as a Medical Student:
Neurodivergence and Sexual Health: MDT perspectives on challenges and facilitators to Sexual Wellbeing
Nathan Jack Dean, Sally Jewsbury, Michelle Croston
Manchester Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom 

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