Frequent screening for syphilis as part of HIV monitoring increases the detection of early asymptomatic syphilis among HIV-positive homosexual men

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 211-216

  Bissessor, Melanie ^a   Fairley, Christopher K ^a,b   Leslie, David ^c   Howley, Kerri ^a   Chen, Marcus Y ^a,b  

^a MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Victorian Infections Diseases Reference Laboratory   (Australia)

Author keywords

HIV positive; Homosexual; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHLAMYDIA; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE DURATION; GENITAL ULCER; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; SYPHILIS; VIRUS LOAD; AUSTRALIA; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; TIME FACTORS; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957318545     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181e583bf     Document Type: Article

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