Time trends of syphilis and HSV-2 co-infection among men who have sex with men in the German HIV-1 seroconverter cohort from 1996-2007

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 331-336

  Spielmann, Nadine ^a   Münstermann, Dieter ^b   Hagedorn, Hans Jochen ^b   An der Heiden, Matthias ^a   Houareau, Claudia ^a   Gunsenheimer Bartmeyer, Barbara ^a   Kücherer, Claudia ^a   Keeren, Katrin ^a   Hamouda, Osamah ^a   Marcus, Ulrich ^a   Habets, ^c   Knechten, ^c   Hammond, ^d   Mayr, ^e   Schmidt, ^e,q   Speidel, ^e   Strohbach, ^e   Arasteh ^f   Bieniek, ^c   Cordes, ^c   Claus, ^c   Baumgarten, ^c   Carganico, ^c   Dupke, ^c   Freiwald, ^c   Rausch, ^c   Golz ^c   Klausen, ^c   Mol, ^c   Schleehauf, ^c   Hintsche, ^c   Jessen, ^c   Koppe ^c   Krauthausen, ^c   Reuter, ^c,l   Pfaff, ^g   Brockmeyer, ^h   Rockstroh, ⁱ   Gehring, ^j   Schmaloer ^j   Hower, ^j   Spornraft Ragaller, ^k   Becker Boost, ^c   Kwirant, ^c   Haussinger ^l   Helm, ^m   Markus, ^c   Kreft, ^n,ad   Plettenberg, ^o   Stoehr, ^o   Graefe, ^o   Lorenzen, ^o   Adam, ^p   Schewe, ^p   Weitner, ^p   Fenske, ^p   Hansen, ^p   Stellbrink, ^p   Buck, ^c   Leugner, ^c   Eisenhauer, ^r   Rieke, ^r   Bihari, ^s   Ferdinand, ^s   Fatkenheuer ^s   Oette, ^t   Pfeil, ^u   Malfertheiner, ^v   Wolle, ^v   Galle, ^w   Jager ^x   Jagel Guedes ^x   Malm, ^x   Rieger, ^x   Froschl ^y   Rahn, ^z   Soldan, ^c   Brockhaus, ^aa   Mutz, ^ab   Salzberger, ^ac   Scholmerich ^ac   Schneidewind, ^ac   Steege, ^c   Ziegler, ^ad   Reisinger, ^ad   Issler ^c   Schaffert, ^c   Schnaitmann, ^c   Frietsch, ^c   Muller ^c   Ulmer, ^c   Wagner Wiening, ^c   Kern, ^ae   Kreidler, ^ae   Van Treek, ^c   Starke, ^c   more..

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Labor Krone   (Germany)

^c Klinikum Augsburg ^*

^d KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^e Medizinisches Versorgungszentrum   (Germany)

^f Krankenhaus MARA II   (Germany)

^g EPILEPSY CENTER BETHEL   (Germany)

^h ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^j KLINIKUM DORTMUND   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^m UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

ⁿ MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^o DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

^p Infektionsmedizinisches Centrum Hamburg   (Germany)

^q HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^r Hospital Kemperhof   (Germany)

^s UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^t Krankenhaus der Augustinerinnen   (Germany)

^u UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^v OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^w UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^x Munich Municipal Hospital   (Germany)

^y TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^z UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^aa KLINIKUM NÜRNBERG   (Germany)

^ab Andreas Bannowsky Ltd   (Germany)

^ac UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^ad ROSTOCK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^ae UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GERMANY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ADULT; GERMANY; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYPHILIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77958040730     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2009.040857     Document Type: Article

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