Rising rates of syphilis in the era of syphilis elimination

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 154-161

  Kerani, Roxanne P ^a,b,f   Handsfield, H Hunter ^a,c   Stenger, Mark S ^d   Shafii, Taraneh ^a,b   Zick, Ellen ^b   Brewer, Devon ^e   Golden, Matthew R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY   (United States)

^c BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e Interdisciplinary Scientific Research   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES; CONTACT EXAMINATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; MICROBIOLOGY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SYPHILIS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 33947714046     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000233709.93891.e5     Document Type: Article

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