Establishing a linked sentinel surveillance system for blood-borne viruses and sexually transmissible infections: Methods, system attributes and early findings

Sexual Health

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 425-433

  Goller, Jane L ^a   Guy, Rebecca J ^b   Gold, Judy ^a   Lim, Megan S C ^a   El Hayek, Carol ^a   Stoove, Mark A ^a   Bergeri, Isabel ^a   Fairley, Christopher K ^c,d   Leslie, David E ^e   Clift, Phillip ^f   White, Bethany ^b   Hellard, Margaret E ^a  

^a BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

^f DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; chlamydia; hepatitis C; HIV; injecting drug user; men who have sex with men; syphilis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOODBORNE VIRUS INFECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649235278     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH09116     Document Type: Article

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