Trends in hepatitis A, B, and shigellosis compared with gonorrhea and syphilis in men who have sex with men in Amsterdam, 1992-2006

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 930-934

  Van Rijckevorsel, Gini G C ^a   Sonder, Gerard J B ^a   Bovée, Lian P M J ^a   Thiesbrummel, Harold F J ^a   Geskus, Ronald B ^a,b   Van Den Hoek, Anneke ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GONORRHEA; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MIXED INFECTION; NETHERLANDS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SHIGELLOSIS; SYPHILIS; TREND STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOMOSEXUALITY; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROBIOLOGY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; GONORRHEA; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SYPHILIS;

EID: 58149172088     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181812cdf     Document Type: Article

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