Lymphogranuloma venereum in Australia

Sexual Health

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 131-133

  Simms, Ian ^a   Ward, Helen ^a,b   Martin, Iona ^a   Alexander, Sarah ^a   Ison, Catherine ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN;

AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AUSTRALIA; CAUSALITY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE; RECTAL DISEASES; SEX EDUCATION;

EID: 33748329637     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH06039     Document Type: Review

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