The courage to learn from our failures: Syphilis control in men who have sex with men

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 162-165

  Fenton, Kevin A ^a   Wasserheit, Judith N ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDIASIS; EDITORIAL; GONORRHEA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947712938     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000259398.70789.c6     Document Type: Editorial

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