Lymphogranuloma venereum: A hidden emerging problem, Barcelona, 2011

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Vargas Leguas, H ^a,b   de Olalla, P Garcia ^a,b   Arando, M ^c   Armengol, P ^c   Barbera M J ^c   Vall, M ^c   Vives, A ^c   Martin Ezquerra G ^d   Alsina, M ^e   Blanco, J ^e   Munoz C ^e   Caballero, E ^f   Andreu, A ^f   Ros, M ^a   Gorrindo, P ^a   Dominguez, A ^b,g   Cayla J A ^a,b  

^a AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PROCTITIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84856009883     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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