Automated, Computer Generated Reminders and Increased Detection of Gonorrhoea, Chlamydia and Syphilis in Men Who Have Sex with Men

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Zou, Huachun ^a   Fairley, Christopher K ^a,b   Guy, Rebecca ^c   Bilardi, Jade ^d   Bradshaw, Catriona S ^a,b   Garland, Suzanne M ^a,e,f   Sze, Jun Kit ^b   Afrizal, Afrizal ^b   Chen, Marcus Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIAL URETHRITIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED SELF INTERVIEW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; E-MAIL; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PHARYNGEAL GONORRHEA; RECTAL CHLAMYDIASIS; RECTAL SWAB; RECTUM GONORRHEA; REMINDER SYSTEM; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TEXT MESSAGING; THROAT CULTURE; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; AUTOMATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; ELECTRONIC MAIL; GONORRHEA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; REMINDER SYSTEMS; SYPHILIS; TEXT MESSAGING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA;

EID: 84876230084     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061972     Document Type: Article

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