Factors and the sociosexual network associated with a syphilis outbreak in rural North Carolina

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 280-287

  Seña, Arlene C ^a   Muth, Stephen Q ^b   Heffelfinger, James D ^c   O'Dowd, Judy Owen ^d   Foust, Evelyn ^d   Leone, Peter ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Independent Department   (United States)

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

^d NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PROSTITUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SECONDARY SYPHILIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK-TAKING; RURAL HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SYPHILIS;

EID: 34248192428     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000237776.15870.c3     Document Type: Article

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