Results of a 25-year longitudinal analysis of the serologic incidence of syphilis in a cohort of HIV-infected patients with unrestricted access to care

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 440-448

  Ganesan, Anuradha ^a   Fieberg, Ann ^a,b   Agan, Brian K ^a   Lalani, Tahaniyat ^a,c,d   Landrum, Michael L ^a,c   Wortmann, Glenn ^a,e   Crum Cianflone, Nancy F ^a,f   Lifson, Alan R ^b   MacAlino, Grace ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c SAN ANTONIO MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^f NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEPATITIS B; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYPHILIS;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861227302     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318249d90f     Document Type: Article

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