Risk of HIV or second syphilis infection in Danish men with newly acquired syphilis in the period 2000-2010

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 372-376

  Salado Rasmussen, Kirsten ^a   Katzenstein, Terese Lea ^a   Gerstoft, Jan ^a   Cowan, Susan Alice ^b   Knudsen, Troels Bygum ^c   Mathiesen, Lars ^c   Hoffmann, Steen ^b   Obel, Niels ^a  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; SYPHILIS; UNSAFE SEX; VIRUS LOAD; ADOLESCENT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DENMARK; EPIDEMIOLOGY (GENERAL); IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS;

EPIDEMIOLOGY (GENERAL); HIV; SYPHILIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DENMARK; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS; UNSAFE SEX; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84884318514     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2012-050580     Document Type: Article

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