Chemoprophylaxis is likely to be acceptable and could mitigate syphilis epidemics among populations of gay men

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 573-579

  Wilson, David P ^a,c   Prestage, Garrett P ^a   Gray, Richard T ^a   Hoare, Alexander ^a   McCann, Pol ^a   Down, Ian ^a   Guy, Rebecca J ^a   Drummond, Fraser ^a   Klausner, Jeffrey D ^b   Donovan, Basil ^a   Kaldor, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CFI Building ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; ONLINE SYSTEM; SIMULATION; SYPHILIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CHEMOPREVENTION; DOXYCYCLINE; EPIDEMICS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959638147     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31820e64fd     Document Type: Article

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