Different trends for different sexually transmissible infections despite increased testing of men who have sex with men

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 335-337

  Ryder, N ^a,b   Bourne, C ^a,b   Donovan, B ^a,b,c  

^a SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Homosexuality; Male; MSM; Screening; Sexually transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PHARYNGEAL GONORRHOEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTAL GONORRHOEA; RESEARCH ETHICS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; URETHRAL GONORRHOEA;

AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; COHORT STUDIES; GONORRHEA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 79959491210     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2010.010458     Document Type: Article

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