Control of syphilis outbreaks in men who have sex with men: The role of screening in nonmedical settings

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2005, Pages

  Ciesielski, Carol ^a,b   Kahn, Richard H ^a   Taylor, Melanie ^a,c   Gallagher, Kathleen ^d   Prescott, Larry J ^e   Arrowsmith, Susan ^a  

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

^b CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

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

^e Chicago Department of Public Health ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BATH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRISON; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES;

CITIES; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 26444488585     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000181148.80193.91     Document Type: Article

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