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People who inject drugs (PWID) may have elevated vulnerability due to overlapping sexual, injection-related and structural risk environments.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To estimate the prevalence of symptom-based STI among PWID in 2010, 2014 and 2023 and explore factors associated with STI symptom reporting among men who inject drugs (MWID) in 2023.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Design<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Exploratory analysis of three repeated cross-sectional national bio-behavioural surveillance surveys.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Setting<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Major Iranian cities.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Participants<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>PWID aged \u226518 years who had injected in the past 12 months, resided in the study city and provided informed consent. Facility\/outreach recruitment was used in 2010\/2014, and respondent-driven sampling (RDS) was used in 2023.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Primary outcome<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Self-reported pain\/burning, genital ulcers, discharge or genital warts in the past 12 months defined symptom-based STI reporting. Data were collected by structured face-to-face interviews, followed by HIV testing.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Symptom-based STI prevalence among PWID was stable (2010: 10.1%; 2014: 10.5%; 2023: 10.3%). Among MWID in 2023, prevalence was 8.8% (95% CI 7.26 to 10.57). STI symptom reporting was associated with HIV and Hepatitis C Virus positivity. 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