Prevalence and incidence of syphilis among South American transgender sex workers in Northern Italy

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 334-335

  Saleri, Nuccia ^a   Graifemberghi, Severo ^b,c   El Hamad, Issa ^c   Minelli, Alice ^a   Magri, Silvia ^a   Matteelli, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b Spedali Civili   (Italy)

^c Center for International Health   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDOM; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; ITALY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; REAGIN TEST; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TRANSSEXUALISM; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; ADULT; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MIGRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AMERICA; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AMERICA; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 33646823487     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000218866.05205.e2     Document Type: Letter

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