Risk of syphilis in STI clinic patients: A cross-sectional study of 11 500 cases in Guangxi, China

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 351-356

  Wong, Susan P Y ^b   Yin, Yue Ping ^c   Gao, Xing ^c   Wei, Wan Hui ^c   Shi, Mei Qin ^c   Huang, Pei Yong ^d   Wang, Hong ^d   Chen, Qiang ^c   Liu, MuSang ^c   Tucker, Joseph D ^e   Chen, Xiang Sheng ^a,c   Cohen, Myron S ^f  

^a National Center for STD Control   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY   (China)

^d Institute of Dermatology   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SEROLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SYPHILIS;

EID: 34547794191     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2007.025015     Document Type: Article

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