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To date, no STI population studies have been conducted on the Bijagos Islands, Guinea Bissau. Our objective was to estimate the prevalence of and identify risk factors for<jats:italic>Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct), Neisseria gonorrhoea (Ng), Mycoplasma genitalium (Mg), Trichomonas vaginalis (Tv)<\/jats:italic>and<jats:italic>Treponema pallidum (Tp<\/jats:italic>) on Bubaque, the most populated island.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>A cross-sectional survey was conducted on the island of Bubaque among people aged 16\u201349 years. Participants were asked to answer a questionnaire on STI risk factors, to provide urine samples (men and women) and vaginal swabs (women) for PCR testing for<jats:italic>Ct, Ng, Mg and Tv,<\/jats:italic>and to provide dry blood spots for<jats:italic>Tp<\/jats:italic>particle agglutination assays. Data were analysed to estimate the prevalence of STIs and logistic regression was used to identify risk factors.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>In total, 14.9% of participants were found to have a curable STI, with the highest prevalence being observed for<jats:italic>Tv<\/jats:italic>(5.9%) followed by<jats:italic>Ct<\/jats:italic>(3.8%),<jats:italic>Ng<\/jats:italic>(3.8%),<jats:italic>Mg<\/jats:italic>(1.9%) and<jats:italic>Tp<\/jats:italic>(0.8%). Significant risk factors for having any STI included being female, younger age and concurrent partnership. Having had a previous STI that was optimally treated was a protective factor.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study demonstrates that there is a considerable burden of STI on the Bijagos Islands, stressing the need for diagnostic testing to facilitate early detection and treatment of these pathogens to stop ongoing transmission. 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