Elimination of syphilis in the United States

Science

Volumn 281, Issue 5375, 1998, Pages 353-354

  St Louis, Michael E ^a   Wasserheit, Judith N ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CONGENITAL SYPHILIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS, CONGENITAL; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032541009     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.281.5375.353     Document Type: Short Survey

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