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HIV, monkeypox: a doctor wants to launch an STI “TousAntiCovid”

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To create a free contact tracing app for sexually transmitted infections, an infectious disease specialist is launching a crowdfunding campaign.

KYSS (“Know Your StatuS”, “Know your status”, in French), this is the name of an application that could see the light of day in the coming weeks, if Olivia Son, an infectious disease specialist in Paris, manages to convince Internet users to donate 40,000 euros to your project.

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With the help of Franck Dumetz, a researcher in parasitology, he intends to develop an application that is reminiscent of TousAntiCovid. The objective: that users who are very sexually active and engage in risky practices can warn their partners in the event that a sexually transmitted infection (STI) is diagnosed.

Occasional and ephemeral encounters

The idea, which predates the Western monkeypox epidemic, was born in Olivia Son’s mind after multiple consultations during which her patients, who tested positive for diseases such as HIV, chlamydia or syphilis, failed to notify their former partners. sexual.

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The idea of ​​KYSS takes up that of the TousAntiCovid QR Codes, but adapted to STIs and the modes of contamination associated with them. The operation is elementary: before a sexual relationship, the two users open the application to generate a QR Code, one scanning the other.

complete anonymity

Each anonymous QR code remains in the memory for six weeks on the smartphone. In the event of a diagnosis of a sexually transmitted disease, then it is possible to alert the corresponding smartphones to the stored QR codes, by means of a simple notification. Again, completely anonymous.

Another function of the application allows to generate a common QR Code, which several users can scan, for example placed at the entrance of a place where sexual relations can multiply. A tool that is once again inspired by the TousAntiCovid digital reminder books.

As with TousAntiCovid, the application works without asking for any personal data. An essential criterion for Olivia Son’s patients, whose opinions are collected by the specialist to develop the most relevant application possible.

With BFMTV, you explain that you are working on your application with a developer and you estimate that the working time to develop such a system is seven weeks. The 40,000 euros requested cover the cost of developing the tool and commissioning KissKissBankBank, the crowdfunding platform.

Author: Raphael Grably
Source: BFM TV

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