Distinct neisseria gonorrhoeae transmission networks among men who have sex with men in Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 206, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 596-605

  Heymans, Raymond ^a   Matser, Amy A ^a,b   Bruisten, Sylvia M ^a,c   Heijman, Titia ^a   Geskus, Ronald B ^a,c   Speksnijder, Adrianus G C L ^a   Davidovich, Udi ^a   De Vries, Henry J C ^a,d,e   Coutinho, Roel A ^b,e   Van Der Loeff, Maarten F Schim ^a,d  

^a Department of Research ^*  (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENOTYPE; GONORRHEA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MEDICAL HISTORY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS; UNSAFE SEX; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; HOMOSEXUALITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; GONORRHEA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84866939630     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis399     Document Type: Article

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