A randomized, controlled trial of inSPOT and patient-delivered partner therapy for gonorrhea and chlamydial infection among men who have sex with men

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 941-946

  Kerani, Roxanne Pieper ^a,b   Fleming, Mark ^a   Deyoung, Bill ^a   Golden, Matthew Robert ^a,b  

^a Public Health Seattle King County   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; FOLLOW UP; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PATIENT DELIVERED PARTNER THERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; COINFECTION; CONTACT TRACING; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GONORRHEA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; WASHINGTON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053025423     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318223fcbc     Document Type: Article

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