Syphilitic seroreactivity among the Thai population aged 50 years and above: Value of mass screening

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 349-353

  Jitapunkul, Sutthichai ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; THAILAND; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; THAILAND; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 0034198364     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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