Is increased surveillance for asymptomatic syphilis in an HIV outpatient department worthwhile?

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 257-259

  Winston, Alan ^a   Hawkins, D ^a   Mandalia, S ^a   Boag, F ^a   Azadian, B ^a   Asboe, D ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; BLOOD EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0038650861     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.79.3.257     Document Type: Review

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