Sexually transmitted infections in older populations

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 80-85

  Poynten, I Mary ^a   Grulich, Andrew E ^a   Templeton, David J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

ageing; HIV; older age; sexual behaviour; sexually transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CHLAMYDIASIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GONORRHEA; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AGED; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 84871768483     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: 14736527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QCO.0b013e32835c2173     Document Type: Review

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