Syphilis epidemiology in Norway, 1992-2008: Resurgence among men who have sex with men

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Jakopanec, Irena ^a   Grjibovski, Andrej M ^a,b,c   Nilsen, Øivind ^a   Aavitsland, Preben ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c NORTHERN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; CHILD; CHLAMYDIASIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEPATITIS B; HERPES SIMPLEX; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TRAVEL; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; SYPHILIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951605841     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-105     Document Type: Article

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