Denial of risk behavior does not exclude asymptomatic anorectal sexually transmitted infection in HIV-infected men

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Cachay, Edward R ^a   Sitapati, Amy ^a   Caperna, Joseph ^a   Freeborn, Kellie ^a   Lonergan, Joseph T ^a   Jocson, Edward ^a   Mathews, William C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIASIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTINGENCY TABLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GONORRHEA; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VALIDITY;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; CALIFORNIA; COHORT STUDIES; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 77949509615     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008504     Document Type: Article

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