The footprint of old syphilis: Using a reverse screening algorithm for syphilis testing in a US geographic information systems-based community outreach program

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 839-841

  Goswami, Neela D ^a   Stout, Jason E ^a   Miller, William C ^b   Hecker, Emily J ^a   Cox, Gary M ^a   Norton, Brianna L ^a   Sena, Arlene C ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS RAPID TEST; SYPHILIS REVERSE SEQUENCE SCREENING; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NORTH CAROLINA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 84886036844     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000025     Document Type: Article

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