Sentinel surveillance for pharyngeal chlamydia and gonorrhea among men who have sex with men-San Francisco, 2010

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 482-484

  Park, Jason ^a   Marcus, Julia L ^a,b   Pandori, Mark ^b   Snell, Ameera ^b   Philip, Susan S ^b   Bernstein, Kyle T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIASIS; CITY; GENE PROBE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PHARYNGITIS; PREVALENCE; SCREENING TEST; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; GONORRHEA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RECTAL DISEASES; SAN FRANCISCO; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84862827690     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3182495e2f     Document Type: Article

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