Geographic identification of high gonorrhea transmission areas in Baltimore, Maryland

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 73-80

  Jennings, Jacky M ^a   Curriero, Frank C ^a   Celentano, David ^a   Ellen, Jonathan M ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease transmission; Geographic information systems; Gonorrhea; Risk factors; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; GONORRHEA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOGEOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BALTIMORE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

BALTIMORE; MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11144242440     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwi012     Document Type: Article

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