Lymphogranuloma venereum is rare in Australian community-based samples of men who have sex with men

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 48-49

  Templeton, David J ^a,b   Grulich, Andrew E ^a   Yew, Jingxi ^c   Twin, Jimmy ^c   Jin, Fengyi ^a   Prestage, Garrett P ^a   Donovan, Basil ^a,d   Tabrizi, Sepehr N ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FOLLOW UP; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; RARE DISEASE;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COHORT STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTUM; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 78650824275     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181e78389     Document Type: Article

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