Networks of persons with syphilis and at risk for syphilis in Louisiana: Evidence of core transmitters

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 108-114

  Rosenberg, Daniel ^a,d   Moseley, Kera ^b   Kahn, Richard ^c   Kissinger, Patricia ^b   Rice, Janet ^b   Kendall, Carl ^b   Coughlin, Steven ^b   Farley, Thomas A ^c  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Louisiana Office of Public Health   (United States)

^d The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SYPHILIS;

EID: 0033010799     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199902000-00009     Document Type: Article

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