Prevalence, incidence and risk factors for pharyngeal gonorrhoea in a community-based HIV-negative cohort of homosexual men in Sydney, Australia

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 90-96

  Templeton, David J ^a,b   Jin, Fengyi ^a   McNally, Leon P ^c   Imrie, John C G ^d   Prestage, Garrett P ^a   Donovan, Basil ^a,e   Cunningham, Philip H ^c   Kaldor, John M ^a   Kippax, Susan ^d   Grulich, Andrew E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PHARYNGEAL GONORRHOEA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; GONORRHEA; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950149971     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2009.036814     Document Type: Article

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