Prevalence of urethral trichomonas vaginalis in black and white men who have sex with men

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 739-

  Kelley, Colleen F ^a,b   Rosenberg, Eli S ^b   O'Hara, Brandon M ^b   Sanchez, Travis ^b   Del Rio, Carlos ^a,b   Sullivan, Patrick S ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; URETHRITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; URETHRA;

EID: 84865484231     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318264248b     Document Type: Letter

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