Sexually transmitted diseases in men who have sex with men: Acquisition of gonorrhea and nongonococcal urethritis by fellatio and implications for STD/HIV prevention

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 272-278

  Lafferty, William E ^c,d   Hughes, James P ^b,c   Handsfield, H Hunter ^a,b,c,d  

^a Seattle King Co Dept Pub Hlth H   (United States)

^b Center for AIDS and STD   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; GONOCOCCAL URETHRITIS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 0030906353     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199705000-00007     Document Type: Article

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