Risk of human immunodeficiencg virus infection and genital ulcer disease among persons attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic in Italy

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 623-630

  Corona, R ^a   Caprilli, F ^b   Tosti, M E ^c   Gentili, G ^b   Giglio, A ^b   Prignano, G ^b   Pasquini, P ^a   Mele, A ^c  

^a LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

^b Ist Ospedaliero DSMSG   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; GENITAL ULCER; HEPATITIS B; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; RISK; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; ULCER;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; ULCER;

EID: 0032216810     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268898001642     Document Type: Article

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