Comparison of sexual mixing patterns for syphilis in endemic and outbreak settings

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 378-384

  Doherty, Irene A ^a,e   Adimora, Adaora A ^a   Muth, Stephen Q ^b   Serre, Marc L ^c   Leone, Peter A ^a,d   Miller, William C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Quintus ential Solutions   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SYPHILIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954662347     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318203e2ef     Document Type: Article

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