Trends in chlamydia and gonorrhea positivity among heterosexual men and men who have sex with men attending a large urban sexual health service in Australia, 2002-2009

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Vodstrcil, Lenka A ^a,b   Fairley, Christopher K ^a,b   Fehler, Glenda ^b   Leslie, David ^c   Walker, Jennifer ^a   Bradshaw, Catriona S ^b,d   Hocking, Jane S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Gonorrhea; Heterosexual men; Men who have sex with men; Positivity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SERVICE; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MEN'S HEALTH; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; TREND STUDY; URBAN AREA; CHLAMYDIA; COMMUNITY CARE; GENETICS; HETEROSEXUALITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; GONORRHEA; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957826722     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-158     Document Type: Article

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