New syphilis cases and concurrent STI screening in a southeastern U.S. HIV clinic: A call to action

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-29

  Baffi, Cynthia W ^a   Aban, Inmaculada ^b   Willig, James H ^a   Agrawal, Mayank ^c   Mugavero, Michael J ^a   Bachmann, Laura H ^d,e  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^d WG Hefner Medical Center   (United States)

^e WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REAGINIC ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCURRENT INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REAGIN TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SECONDARY SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALABAMA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76649109899     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2009.0255     Document Type: Article

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