Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections and enteric protozoa among homosexual men in western Sicily (south Italy)

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 181-185

  Di Benedetto, M A ^a   Di Piazza, F ^a   Amodio, E ^a   Taormina, S ^a   Romano, N ^a   Firenze, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Enteric protozoa; Homosexual men; Sexually transmitted infections; Western Sicily

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NONHUMAN; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; PREVALENCE; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FECES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEPACIVIRUS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HIV-1; HIV-2; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SICILY; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875426844     PISSN: 11212233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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