Reinfections during the Florida syphilis epidemic, 2000-2008

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-17

  Brewer, Toye H ^a,b   Peterman, Thomas A ^a   Newman, Daniel R ^a   Schmitt, Karla ^b  

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

^b FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INFECTION RISK; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; REINFECTION; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SYPHILIS;

ADULT; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; SYPHILIS;

EID: 78650819852     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181e9afc7     Document Type: Article

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