Frequent testing of highly sexually active gay men is required to control syphilis

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 298-305

  Gray, Richard T ^a   Hoare, Alexander ^a   Prestage, Garrett P ^a   Donovan, Basil ^a,b   Kaldor, John M ^a   Wilson, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREVALENCE; SCREENING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS;

AUSTRALIA; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SYPHILIS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 77951667634     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181ca3c0a     Document Type: Article

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