Prevalence of syphilis infection in different tiers of female sex workers in China: Implications for surveillance and interventions

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Chen, Xiang Sheng ^a   Wang, Qian Qiu ^a   Yin, Yue Ping ^a   Liang, Guo Jun ^a   Jiang, Ning ^a   Yang, Li Gang ^b   Liu, Qiao ^c   Zhou, Yu Jiao ^d   Huan, Xi Ping ^e   Wei, Wan Hui ^a   Wang, Baoxi ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b Guangdong Provincial Center for Skin Diseases and STD Control   (China)

^c Hainan Provincial Institute of Dermatology   (China)

^d Guangxi Center for Diseases Control and Prevention   (China)

^e JIANGSU PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

China; Female sex worker; Prevalence; Syphilis; Typology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYPHILIS; BLOOD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX WORKERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SYPHILIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859183615     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-84     Document Type: Article

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