Misclassification of the stages of syphilis: Implications for surveillance

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 144-149

  Peterman, Thomas A ^a   Kahn, Richard H ^a   Ciesielski, Carol A ^a,b   Ortiz Rios, Elizabeth ^a,c   Furness, Bruce W ^a,d   Blank, Susan ^a,e   Schillinger, Julia A ^a,e   Gunn, Robert A ^a,f   Taylor, Melanie ^a,g   Berman, Stuart M ^a  

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

^b CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c STD HIV AIDS Prevention Program   (Puerto Rico)

^d STD Control Program   (United States)

^e NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

^g U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS;

EID: 13944282615     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000156552.91788.25     Document Type: Article

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