Screening for syphilis in arrestees: Usefulness for community-wide syphilis surveillance and control

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 150-156

  Kahn, Richard H ^a   Scholl, Daniel T ^b   Shane, Simon M ^b   Lemoine, Anne L ^c   Farley, Thomas A ^d  

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

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c East Baton Rouge Parish Prison   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PRISONER; PROSTITUTION; REAGIN TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SYPHILIS; THEFT; UNITED STATES; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST;

EID: 0036125822     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200203000-00005     Document Type: Article

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