Infectious syphilis among adolescent and young adult men: Implications for human immunodeficiency virus transmission and public health interventions

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 367-371

  Brewer, Toye H ^a,b,e   Schillinger, Julie ^b,c   Lewis, Felicia M T ^b,d   Blank, Susan ^b,c   Pathela, Preeti ^c   Jordahl, Lori ^e   Schmitt, Karla ^b   Peterman, Thomas A ^a  

^a FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

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

^c NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^d PHILADELPHIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Miami Dade County   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MIXED INFECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COINFECTION; FLORIDA; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PHILADELPHIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954906557     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181ffa7b0     Document Type: Article

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