Will changes in gay men's sexual behavior reduce syphilis rates?

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1151-1158

  Gray, Richard T ^a   Hoare, Alexander ^a   McCann, Pol Dominic ^a   Bradley, Jack ^a   Down, Ian ^a,b   Donovan, Basil ^a   Prestage, Garrett ^a,b   Wilson, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SYPHILIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; EPIDEMICS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SYPHILIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81355123423     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318238b85d     Document Type: Article

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