Decreases in AIDS mortality and increases in primary and secondary syphilis in men who have sex with men in the United States [4]

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 263-264

  Chesson, Harrell W ^a   Gift, Thomas L ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38649102177     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31815e4062     Document Type: Letter

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