The epidemiology of gonorrhea among men who have sex with men in Stockholm, Sweden, 1990-2004

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 174-179

  Berglund, Torsten ^a,b,c,f   Asikainen, Tommi ^a,d   Grützmeier, Sven ^c   Rudén, Ann Kerstin ^b   Wretlind, Bengt ^e   Sandström, Eric ^c  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GONORRHEA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; PHARYNGITIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROTYPE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SWEDEN; CLASSIFICATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SEROTYPING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

GONORRHEA; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHARYNGITIS; SEROTYPING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 33947727536     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000230442.13532.c7     Document Type: Article

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