Delay in the diagnosis of early syphilis among men who have sex with men: Need for greater community and health provider education

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-53

  Bissessor, M ^a   Fairley, C K ^b   De Guingand B, D ^a   Bradshaw, C S ^c   Chen, M Y ^a,b  

^a MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Campaigns; Control; Health education; MSM; Symptomatic; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY SYPHILIS; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALITY; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ADULT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SYPHILIS; TIME FACTORS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 58249115214     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2008.008254     Document Type: Article

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