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Table 2 Potential search strategy on PubMed

From: Prevalence of gonococcal and chlamydial infections among men who have sex with men in sub-Saharan Africa: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

Search

Query

#1

(“sexual and gender minorities”[MeSH Terms] OR men who have sex with men[Text Word]) OR (“sexual and gender minorities”[MeSH Terms] OR “homosexuality”[MeSH Terms] OR gay[Text Word])

#2

(((“neisseria gonorrhoeae”[MeSH Terms] OR Neisseria gonorrhoeae[Text Word]) OR (“neisseria gonorrhoeae”[MeSH Terms] OR N. gonorrhoeae[Text Word])) OR (gonorrhoeae[All Fields] AND (“infections”[MeSH Terms] OR infection[Text Word]))) OR gonorrhoeae[All Fields]

#3

(((“chlamydia trachomatis”[MeSH Terms] OR Chlamydia trachomatis[Text Word]) OR (“chlamydia trachomatis”[MeSH Terms] OR C. trachomatis[Text Word])) OR (“chlamydia infections”[MeSH Terms] OR chlamydia infection[Text Word])) OR (“chlamydia”[MeSH Terms] OR chlamydia[Text Word])

#4

(((((“africa”[MeSH Terms] OR Africa[Text Word]) OR (“africa south of the sahara”[MeSH Terms] OR Sub-Saharan Africa[Text Word])) OR (“africa, western”[MeSH Terms] OR Western Africa[Text Word])) OR (“africa, eastern”[MeSH Terms] OR Eastern Africa[Text Word])) OR (“africa, southern”[MeSH Terms] OR Southern Africa[Text Word])) OR (“africa, central”[MeSH Terms] OR Central Africa[Text Word])

#5

#1 AND #2 AND #3 AND #4