Current practices of partner notification among MSM with HIV, gonorrhoea and syphilis in the Netherlands: An urgent need for improvement

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  van Aar, Fleur ^a   Schreuder, Imke ^b   van Weert, Yolanda ^a   Spijker, Ralph ^c   Götz, Hannelore ^d   Op de Coul, Eline ^a   Casanovas, A ^e   Hulstein, M ^f   van Veldhuizen, D ^f   Rodriquez, J ^g   Vasen, L ^f   van Weert, Y ^a   Op de Coul, E ^a   van Aar, F ^a   Spijker, R ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c National Institute for STI and AIDS Control in the Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^d Public Health Service of the Rotterdam Region   (Netherlands)

^e DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^f PHS: 'Veiligheids en Gezondheidsregio' Gelderland Midden ^*  (Netherlands)

^g PHS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gonorrhoea; HIV; MSM; Partner notification; Syphilis; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; CHLAMYDIASIS; DATA BASE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MIXED INFECTION; NETHERLANDS; PARTNER NOTIFICATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFE SEX; SYPHILIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYPHILIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860808848     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-114     Document Type: Article

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