Molecular epidemiology of syphilis-San Francisco, 2004-2007

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 660-663

  Katz, Kenneth A ^a,b   Pillay, Allan ^c   Ahrens, Katherine ^d   Kohn, Robert P ^a   Hermanstyne, Keith ^e   Bernstein, Kyle T ^a   Ballard, Ronald C ^c   Klausner, Jeffrey D ^a,e  

^a SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; SAN FRANCISCO; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 77957267791     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181e1a77a     Document Type: Article

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