HIV and syphilis infection among men attending an sexually transmitted infection clinic in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-13

  Colón López, Vivian ^a   Ortiz, Ana P ^a   Banerjee, Geetanjoli ^b   Gertz, Alida M ^c   García, Hermes ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS   (Puerto Rico)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Puerto Rico Department of Health   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; HIV; Men; MSM; Puerto rico; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUERTO RICO; REVIEW; SYPHILIS;

ADULT; HEALTH FACILITIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUERTO RICO; SYPHILIS;

EID: 84875132178     PISSN: 07380658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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