Recent syphilis infection prevalence and risk factors among male low-income populations in coastal peruvian cities

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 75-80

  Snowden, Jonathan M ^a,f   Konda, Kelika A ^b   Leon, Segundo R ^c   Giron, Jessica M ^c   Escobar, Guadalupe ^c   Coates, Thomas J ^d   Caceres, Carlos F ^c   Klausner, Jeffrey D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SYPHILIS;

ADULT; CITIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERU; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649125213     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181c03434     Document Type: Article

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