Incidence and risk factors associated with chlamydia in men who have sex with men: A cohort analysis of Victorian Primary Care Network for Sentinel Surveillance data

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 319-324

  Wilkinson, Anna ^a,b   El Hayek, Carol ^a   Fairley, Christopher K ^b,c   Leslie, David ^d   Roth, Norm ^e   Tee, B K ^f   Hellard, Margaret E ^a   Stoové, Mark ^a  

^a BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

^d VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

^e Prahran Market Clinic   (Australia)

^f Centre Clinic   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864280961     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2011-050270     Document Type: Article

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