Frequency of syphilis testing in HIV-infected patients: More and more often

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 86-87

  Klausner, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MORBIDITY; NETHERLANDS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; SCREENING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS; VIRUS LOAD; HOMOSEXUALITY; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; STATISTICS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY;

HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 60749126881     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181960bb7     Document Type: Editorial

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