Welcome to MySTIRisk

MySTIRisk is a web-based tool developed using artificial intelligence to predict the risk of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). MySTIRisk is established by Melbourne Sexual Health Centre to provide an easy to use, risk checking tool for people to identify their risk of contracting HIV and STIs.

Your privacy

We do not collect any identifying information on this program and cannot contact you. From time to time we use information provided by users on an anonymous basis to evaluate the service and for research purposes.

Disclaimer

While considerable care has been taken in preparing the information on this site, Alfred Health does not warrant that the information is appropriate for you. If you rely on the information, you do so entirely at your own risk. Before relying on the information, you should discuss it with your doctor.

What's your gender?

Male Female Transgender

Sorry, currently our tool does not support the prediction of your selection. We will keep update our tool to meet your requirement soon.

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What's your age (completed year)?

years

Unsure Decline to answer

Sorry, you must be 18 years or older to use this website.

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What is your country of birth?

Australia or New Zealand Other Decline to answer

Do you have symptoms today that you think may be from sexually transmitted infections?

Yes No Decline to answer

Have you ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that you have had a sexually transmitted infection(s)?

Yes No Unsure Decline to answer

Which sexually transmitted infection(s) have you had? (choose as many as apply to you)

HIV Syphilis Gonorrhoea Non-specific urethritis infection Hepatitis B Hepatitis C Chlamydia Genital Warts Other Unsure Decline to answer

Have you recently had sex with someone diagnosed with one of the following infections?

Syphilis Gonorrhoea Chlamydia No Unsure Decline to answer

Are you currently using HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)?

Yes No Decline to answer

Have you ever injected any drugs not prescribed by a doctor?

Yes No Unsure Decline to answer

When was the last time you injected drugs? (choose one answer only)

Less than 3 months ago More than 3 months but less than 12 months ago More than 12 months ago Unsure Decline to answer

In the past 12 months, have you had sex with someone outside (or from outside) Australia or New Zealand (e.g., had sex whilst travelling overseas or had sex in Australia with someone from overseas)?

Yes No Unsure Decline to answer

Are you currently working as a sex worker?

Yes No Decline to answer

In the past 12 months, have you had sex with a man?

Yes No Unsure Decline to answer

In the past 12 months, how many men have you had sex with?

of male sexual partners

Unsure Decline to answer

In the past 12 months, did you use condoms for anal sex with men?

I always used condoms with all of my partners I sometimes used condoms with my partners I never used condoms with any partners Not applicable as no vaginal or anal sex Unsure Decline to answer

In the past 12 months, did you use condoms for vaginal or anal sex with men?

I always used condoms with all men I sometimes used condoms with men I never used condoms with men Not applicable as no vaginal or anal sex Unsure Decline to answer

In the past 12 months, have you had sex with a woman?

Yes No Unsure Decline to answer

In the past 12 months, how many women have you had sex with?

of female sexual partners

Unsure Decline to answer

In the past 12 months, did you use condoms for vaginal or anal sex with women?

I always used condoms with all of my partners I sometimes used condoms with my partners I never used condoms with any partners Not applicable as no vaginal or anal sex Unsure Decline to answer

Based on your responses, this tool can't calculate your risk for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhoea, and chlamydia.

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Postcode (optional)

You can help our research by providing your postcode (if in Australia). This is completely optional.

Postcode

STI Risk Report

We have generated the risk of the four infections for a person with the same answers that you gave but who attended Melbourne Sexual Health Centre. These risks are below.

Risk of HIV

Risk of Syphilis

Their risk of syphilis is .
At present, in a group of 100 people, will have syphilis.
Over the next 12 months, in a group of 100 people, are likely to catch syphilis.

Risk of Gonorrhoea

Their risk of gonorrhoea is .
At present, in a group of 100 people, will have gonorrhoea.
Over the next 12 months, in a group of 100 people, are likely to catch gonorrhoea.

Risk of Chlamydia

Their risk of chlamydia is .
At present, in a group of 100 people, will have chlamydia.
Over the next 12 months, in a group of 100 people, are likely to catch chlamydia.

This report can be downloaded in PDF format on the recommendations page.

Voluntary feedback

Before we provide you with our recommendations, we would be grateful for your comments on our web site.

Reduce my risk recommendations

You can reduce your risk or harm from these infections by:

Having regular tests to detect infections early (reduce complications)
Using condoms for vaginal or anal sex (reduces HIV or STI risk 90-95%)
Taking PrEP if you are at high risk of acquiring HIV (see https://www.pan.org.au/)(reduce HIV risk by 99%)

In addition, a person can reduce the harm from these infections by testing

Benefits of testing

Prevents complications from the infections by early treatment
Prevents unknowing transmitting the infection to others

Without timely treatment, you may develop complications from the infections including

Infertility (untreated chlamydia or gonorrhoea)
Chronic pain (untreated chlamydia or gonorrhoea)
Loss of hearing or sight (untreated syphilis)
Cancer (untreated HIV)
Higher risk of complications from untreated HIV infection such as cancer or infections (treatment of HIV is safe and easy and prevents these complications)

Where to go

If you consider yourself at risk, we recommend you take your results to your General Practitioner. To find General Practitioners click here.

It is essential that you see a doctor if you have any genital, anal, or physical symptoms, or if you think you could have an infection. If one of your sexual partners has told you that they have an infection, let your doctor know as it may assist with your care.

These recommendations are only intended to be a guide and may not necessarily suit your individual circumstances. If you have been tested for STIs recently, you may not need to be retested again.

Further information

For your interest and information, sexual health fact sheets can be found here. Treatment guidelines for sexually transmitted infections can be found here. Partner notification information can be found here.

This report has been generated by the MySTIRisk web application on the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre website. We applied machine-learning approach using retrospective data from thousands of clients attending our service, to generate the most likely and other possible diagnoses. These suggested diagnoses do not substitute professional medical advice or consultations with healthcare professionals.

Download my report (pdf)

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