Prevalence of pharyngeal and rectal Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections among men who have sex with men in Germany

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 46-51

  Dudareva Vizule, Sandra ^a   Haar, Karin ^a   Sailer, Andrea ^a   Wisplinghoff, Hilmar ^b   Wisplinghoff, Fabian ^b   Marcus, Ulrich ^a   Potthoff, Anja ^c   Manos, Aspasia ^c   Hanf, Gisela ^c   Kellermann, Norbert ^c   Spornraft Ragaller, Petra ^c   Klein, Andreas ^c   Hörnle, Ruth ^a   Rittner, Karin ^c   Graefe, Kathrin ^c   Walter, Gisela ^c   Voigt, Esther ^c   Pawassarat, Vera ^c   Jessen, Heiko ^a   Zedlack, Carmen ^a   Becker, Werner ^c   Becker, Corinna ^c   Buttelmann, Manuela ^c   Laue, Felix ^c   Grenz, Marc ^c   Knecht, Gaby ^c   Wiesel, Peter ^a   Knechten, Heribert ^c   Panstruga, Petra ^c   Mayer, Albert ^c   Zinke, Florian ^c   Schultes, Torben ^c   Hartmann, Gert ^c   more..

^a HIV AIDS STI and Bloodborne Infections Unit Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology   (Germany)

^b Laboratoriumsmedizin Köln Drs Wisplinghoff and Colleagues   (Germany)

^c Frankfurt Am Main ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GERMANY; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTESTINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PHARYNGITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM INFECTION; SEXUAL PRACTICE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EPIDEMIOLOGY (GENERAL); HIV; INFECTION; SCREENING; SEXUAL HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GERMANY; GONORRHEA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PHARYNX; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECTUM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 84895523493     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2012-050929     Document Type: Article

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