Epidemiology of STIs: UK

Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 211-215

  Lowndes, Catherine M ^a   Hughes, Gwenda ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AIDS; chlamydia; epidemiology; genital herpes; genital warts; gonorrhoea; HIV; lymphogranuloma venereum; men who have sex with men; prevention; sexually transmitted infections; surveillance; syphilis; young people

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GENITAL HERPES; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MASS SCREENING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SYPHILIS; UNITED KINGDOM; WART VIRUS;

EID: 77956629861     PISSN: 13573039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mpmed.2010.01.011     Document Type: Review

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