China's syphilis epidemic: A systematic review of seroprevalence studies

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 726-736

  Lin, Charles C ^a,b,d   Gao, Xing ^b   Chen, Xiang Sheng ^b,d   Chen, Qiang ^b   Cohen, Myron S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d National Center for STD Control   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CHINA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIC; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MIGRANT WORKER; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CHINA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SYPHILIS;

EID: 33751503477     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000222703.12018.58     Document Type: Article

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