Prevalence monitoring in syphilis surveillance: Results from a multicenter research program

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 769-774

  Finelli, Lyn ^a,f   Farley, Thomas P ^b   Gibson, James J ^c   Langley, Carol ^d   Hwang, Lu Yu ^e   Levine, William C ^a  

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

^b Department of Pathology   (United States)

^c South Carolina Dept of Agriculture   (United States)

^d MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^f NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELIVERY ROOM; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; MORBIDITY; PRISON; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SYPHILIS;

EID: 0036894336     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200212000-00006     Document Type: Article

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