Risk factors leading to Cryptosporidium infection in men who have sex with men

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 412-414

  Hellard, M ^a,b   Hocking, J ^b   Willis, J ^a   Dore, G ^c   Fairley, C ^a,d  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MACFARLANE BURNET INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SAFE SEX;

EID: 0142211030     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.79.5.412     Document Type: Article

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