The re-emergence of syphilis in the United Kingdom: The new epidemic phases

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 220-226

  Simms, Ian ^a   Fenton, Kevin A ^a   Ashton, Matthew ^a   Turner, Katherine M E ^a   Crawley Boevey, Emma E ^a   Gorton, Russell ^a   Thomas, Daniel R H ^b   Lynch, Audrey ^c   Winter, Andrew ^d   Fisher, Martin J ^e   Lighton, Lorraine ^f   Maguire, Helen C ^a   Solomou, Maria ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH WALES   (United Kingdom)

^c Northern Ireland Hospice Care   (United Kingdom)

^d Genitourinary Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^e UK   (United Kingdom)

^f Greater Manchester Syphilis Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS;

EID: 20144383482     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000149848.03733.c1     Document Type: Article

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