AIDS mortality may have contributed to the decline in syphilis rates in the United States in the 1990s

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 419-424

  Chesson, Harrell W ^a,c   Dee, Thomas S ^b   Aral, Sevgi O ^a  

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

^b SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037518482     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200305000-00008     Document Type: Article

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