Increase in recently acquired syphilis infections in English, Welsh and Northern Irish blood donors

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-26

  Brant, L J ^a,b   Bukasa, A ^b   Davison, K L ^a,b   Newham, J ^b   Barbara, J A ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood donors; Epidemiology; Surveillance; Syphilis; UK

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SYPHILIS;

EID: 34249806994     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2007.00923.x     Document Type: Article

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