Declining trend of serological syphilis among Genitourinary medicine patients in the Gambia, West Africa

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 745-749

  Hontelez, Jan A C ^a   Schim Van Der Loeff, Maarten F ^b   Peterson, Ingrid ^a   Peterson, Kevin ^a   Ahadzie, Bankhole ^a   Cotten, Matthew ^a   Sarge Njie, Ramu ^a   Whittle, Hilton ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; REAGIN TEST; RISK FACTOR; SYPHILIS; TREND STUDY; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HIV-2; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73949114219     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181af6de0     Document Type: Article

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