Syphilis testing behavior following diagnosis with early syphilis among men who have sex with men-san Francisco, 2005-2008

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-29

  Marcus, Julia L ^a   Katz, Kenneth A ^b   Bernstein, Kyle T ^a   Nieri, Giuliano ^a   Philip, Susan S ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FOLLOW UP; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RECURRENCE; SAN FRANCISCO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 78650852566     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181ea170b     Document Type: Article

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