Syphilis and social upheaval in China

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 362, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 1658-1661

  Tucker, Joseph D ^a,b   Chen, Xiang Sheng ^c   Peeling, Rosanna W ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY   (China)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

CHINA; CONGENITAL SYPHILIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SHORT SURVEY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; SYPHILIS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 77951792416     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp0911149     Document Type: Short Survey

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