Trends in infectious diseases and the male to female ratio: Possible clues to changes in behavior among men who have sex with men

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. B, 2005, Pages 49-59

  Beltrami, John F ^a   Shouse, R Luke ^b   Blake, Paul A ^b  

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

^b GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CHILD; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GIARDIASIS; GONORRHEA; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SHIGELLOSIS; SYPHILIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DATABASES; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 30444458990     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: 08999546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2005.17.Supplement     Document Type: Article

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