Sexually transmitted infections and HIV in the Southern United States: An overview

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 7 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Aral, Sevgi O ^a   O'Leary, Ann ^a   Baker, Charlene ^b  

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

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BISEXUALITY; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GONORRHEA; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RACISM; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY SYPHILIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES;

DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH TRANSITION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; SYPHILIS;

EID: 33745660577     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000223249.04456.76     Document Type: Review

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