Lymphogranuloma venereum in the United Kingdom

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-32

  Ward, Helen ^a   Martin, Iona ^b   Macdonald, Neil ^a   Alexander, Sarah ^b   Simms, Ian ^a   Fenton, Kevin ^a   French, Patrick ^c   Dean, Gillian ^d   Ison, Catherine ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c Camden Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^d UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NETHERLANDS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTITIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SUPERINFECTION; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GREAT BRITAIN; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 33845716105     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/509922     Document Type: Article

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