Patterns of syphilis testing in a large cohort of HIV patients in Ontario, Canada, 2000-2009

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Burchell, Ann N ^a,b   Allen, Vanessa G ^c   Moravan, Veronika ^a   Gardner, Sandra ^a,b   Raboud, Janet ^b,d   Tan, Darrell H S ^e   Bayoumi, Ahmed M ^f,g,h   Kaul, Rupert ^h   Mazzulli, Tony ^c,h,i   McGee, Frank ^j   Millson, Peggy ^b   Remis, Robert S ^b,c   Rourke, Sean B ^a,b,f  

^a ONTARIO HIV TREATMENT NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

ⁱ MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^j ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Epidemiology; HIV co infections; Screening and diagnosis; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MIXED INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SYPHILIS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COINFECTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PREVALENCE; SYPHILIS;

EID: 84878255496     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-246     Document Type: Article

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