Sexual behaviour and sexually transmitted infections in sexually transmitted infection clinic attendees in the Netherlands, 2007-2011

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 40-51

  Op de Coul, E L M ^a   Warning, T D ^a   Koedijk, F D H ^a   van Daa, A ^b   van Leeuwen, A P ^b   de Groot, F ^b   Niekamp, A M ^b   Langevoort, M ^b   van Camerijk, A M ^b   van de Sande, J ^b   Wieers V ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b Dutch STI clinics ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

(Treponema pallidum); bacterial disease; chlamydia (Chlamydia trachomatis); epidemiology; gonorrhea (Neisseria gonorrhoeae); high risk behaviour; Human immunodeficiency virus; Netherlands; prevalence; sexually transmitted infections; syphilis; viral disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CONCURRENT SEXUAL PARTNERSHIP; CONSULTATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH VISITOR; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED INFECTION; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SURINAME; SYPHILIS; YOUNG ADULT;

(TREPONEMA PALLIDUM); BACTERIAL DISEASE; CHLAMYDIA (CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS); EPIDEMIOLOGY; GONORRHEA (NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE); HIGH-RISK BEHAVIOUR; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS; SYPHILIS; VIRAL DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COINFECTION; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890618911     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956462413491736     Document Type: Article

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