Epidemiology of syphilis in Australia: Moving toward elimination of infectious syphilis from remote aboriginal and torres strait Islander communities?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 194, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 525-529

  Ward, James S ^a   Guy, Rebecca J ^a   Akre, Snehal P ^a   Middleton, Melanie G ^a   Giele, Carolien M ^b   Su, Jiunn Y ^c   Davis, Craig A ^d   Wand, Handan ^a   Knox, Janet B ^a   Fagan, Patricia S ^e   Donovan, Basil ^a   Kaldor, John M ^a   Russell, Darren B ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^c Centre for Disease Control   (Australia)

^d Tropical Regional Services ^*

^e Tropical Regional Services   (Australia)

^f JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g Cairns District Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYPHILIS; TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER; TREND STUDY; URBAN AREA;

EID: 79957951919     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03089.x     Document Type: Article

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