A Population-Based Study of Infectious Syphilis Rediagnosis in British Columbia, 1995-2005

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1554-1558

  Ogilvie, Gina S ^a,b   Taylor, Darlene L ^a,b   Moniruzzaman, Akm ^a   Knowles, Linda ^b   Jones, Hugh ^a,b   Kim, Paul Hyeong Jin ^b   Rekart, Michael L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EPIDEMIC; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLICY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECONDARY INFECTION; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; AGED; CHLAMYDIASIS; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SYPHILIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66949142212     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/598997     Document Type: Article

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