The prevalence of rectal, urethral, and pharyngeal neisseria gonorrheae and chlamydia trachomatis among asymptomatic men who have sex with men in a prospective Cohort in Washington, D.C.

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 585-588

  Baker, Joseph ^a   Plankey, Michael ^b   Josayma, Yiga ^a   Elion, Richard ^a   Chiliade, Philippe ^c   Shahkolahi, Akbar ^d   Menna, Max ^a   Miniter, Kevin ^a   Slack, Rebecca ^b   Yang, Yang ^b   Masterman, Benjamin ^b   Margolick, Joseph B ^e  

^a Whitman Walker Clinic   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d AIDS Clinical Trial Group Operations Center   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COHORT STUDIES; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; GONORRHEA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; PHARYNX; PREVALENCE; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTUM; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; URETHRA; URETHRITIS;

EID: 70350165950     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2008.0277     Document Type: Letter

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