Syphilis resurgence in Dublin, Ireland

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 493-497

  Muldoon, E ^a   Mulcahy, F ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; HIV; Ireland; MSM; STI; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MIXED INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COINFECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052510434     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2011.010438     Document Type: Article

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