Repeat syphilis among men who have sex with men-San Diego county, 2004-2009

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 349-352

  Katz, Kenneth A ^a,c   Lee, Marjorie A ^a   Gray, Tom ^a   Marcus, Julia L ^b   Pierce, Elaine F ^a  

^a STD Control   (United States)

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

^c MS P505   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; SYPHILIS;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; CALIFORNIA; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS;

EID: 79953220428     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181fe650b     Document Type: Article

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