Could sexually transmissible infections be contributing to the increase in HIV infections among men who have sex with men in Australia?

Sexual Health

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-140

  Middleton, Melanie G ^a   Grulich, Andrew E ^a   McDonald, Ann M ^a   Donovan, Basil ^a,b   Hocking, Jane S ^c   Kaldor, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Homosexuality; Male

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; COMORBIDITY; GONORRHEA; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SYPHILIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 44649202310     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH07086     Document Type: Article

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