Elimination and reintroduction of primary and secondary syphilis

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1093-1097

  Williams, Laura A ^a   Klausner, Jeffrey D ^a   Whittington, William L H ^a   Handsfield, H Hunter ^a   Celum, Connie ^a   Holmes, King K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MALE; SECONDARY SYPHILIS; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033364376     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.89.7.1093     Document Type: Article

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