The syphilis outbreak in Northern Ireland

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 413-417

  Emerson, C R ^a   Lynch, A ^b   Fox, R ^b   Smyth, B ^b   Gray, S ^a   Dinsmore, W W ^a   Maw, R D ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Northern Ireland; Outbreak; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONCURRENT INFECTION; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; CONTACT EXAMINATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SYPHILIS; UNITED KINGDOM; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; HOMOSEXUALITY; IRELAND; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COHORT STUDIES; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS;

EID: 34748900121     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095646207781024874     Document Type: Article

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