Characteristics and risk of syphilis diagnosis among HIV-infected male cohort: A population-based study in Houston, Texas

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 957-963

  Yang, Biru ^a   Hallmark, Camden J ^a   Huang, Jamie S ^a   Wolverton, Marcia L ^a   Mcneese Ward, Marlene ^a   Arafat, Raouf R ^a  

^a Houston Department of Health and Human Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; ETHNICITY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SYPHILIS; TEXAS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84888248157     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000056     Document Type: Article

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