Repeat infection with gonorrhoea in Sheffield, UK: Predictable and preventable?

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 38-44

  Hughes, Gwenda ^a   Nichols, Tom ^a   Peters, Lindsey ^a   Bell, Gill ^b   Leong, Geraldine ^a   Kinghorn, George ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MEDICAL HISTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; GONORRHEA; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873406067     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2012-050495     Document Type: Article

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