Understanding recent increases in the incidence of sexually transmitted infections in men having sex with men: Changes in risk behavior from risk avoidance to risk reduction

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-17

  Marcus, Ulrich ^a   Bremer, Viviane ^a   Hamouda, Osamah ^a   Kramer, Michael H ^a   Freiwald, Matthias ^b,c   Jessen, Heiko ^b,c   Rausch, Michael ^b,c   Reinhardt, Bernd ^a   Rothaar, Alex ^b,c   Schmidt, Wolfgang ^b,c   Zimmer, Yves ^b,c   Hegemann, Bernd ^d   Herzler, Claudia S ^d   Hochscheid, Inge ^d   Lauenroth Mai, Elke ^d   Locher, Leo ^d   Jessen, Arne ^d   Reupke, Hansjörg ^d   Schlote, Frank ^d   Schranz, Dietmar ^d   Wiederholt, Jürgen ^d   more..

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b MSM STD Sentinel Network   (Germany)

^c MSM STD Sentinel Network   (Germany)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GONORRHEA; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SUPERINFECTION; SYPHILIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; GERMANY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; RISK-TAKING; SAFE SEX; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 29944435415     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000187224.10428.31     Document Type: Article

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