Syphilis on the rise again in Germany - results from surveillance data for 2011

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 17, Issue 29, 2012, Pages

  Bremer, V ^a   Marcus, U ^a   Hamouda, O ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; GENDER; GERMANY; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INCIDENCE; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MICROSCOPY; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; UNSAFE SEX; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST;

EID: 84866358441     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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