Early syphilis among men in Connecticut: Epidemiologic and spatial patterns

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 183-187

  Niccolai, Linda M ^a   Stephens, Niiamah ^a   Jenkins, Heidi ^b   Richardson, Wanda ^b   Muth, Stephen Q ^d   Rothenberg, Richard ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CDC   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Emory University ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; BISEXUALITY; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SYPHILIS;

EID: 33947726951     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000233708.27225.90     Document Type: Article

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