Opt-Out and Opt-In Testing Increases Syphilis Screening of HIV-Positive Men Who Have Sex with Men in Australia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Guy, Rebecca ^a   El Hayek, Carol ^b   Fairley, Christopher K ^c,d   Wand, Handan ^a   Carr, Andrew ^e   McNulty, Anna ^f,g   Hoy, Jenny ^h,i   Bourne, Christopher ^f,g   McAllister, John ^e   Tee, B K ^j   Baker, David ^k   Roth, Norman ^l   Stoove, Mark ^b,i   Chen, Marcus ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f Sydney Sexual Health Centre   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^h ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁱ MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^j Centre Clinic   (Australia)

^k East Sydney Doctors   (Australia)

^l Prahran Market Clinic   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SYPHILIS; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COINFECTION; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SYPHILIS; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882979040     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071436     Document Type: Article

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