Syphilis returns to China ... with a vengeance

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 724-725

  Cohen, Myron S ^a   Hawkes, Sarah ^b   Mabey, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TOURISM;

CHINA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; SYPHILIS;

EID: 33751520035     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000245917.47692.b7     Document Type: Editorial

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