High incidence of syphilis in HIV-positive homosexual men: Data from two community-based cohort studies

Sexual Health

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 281-284

  Jin, Fengyi ^a   Prestage, Garrett P ^a   Zablotska, Iryna ^b   Rawstorne, Patrick ^b   Imrie, John ^b   Kippax, Susan C ^b   Donovan, Basil ^a,c   Templeton, David J ^a,d   Kaldor, John M ^a   Grulich, Andrew E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Homosexuality; Incidence; Male; Risk factor.

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EJACULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; REINFECTION; SCREENING; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SYPHILIS; UNSAFE SEX;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SYPHILIS; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 70450215998     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH09060     Document Type: Article

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