Risk factors for rectal lymphogranuloma venereum in gay men: Results of a multicentre case-control study in the UK

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 262-268

  Macdonald, Neil ^a   Sullivan, A K ^b   French, P ^c   White, J A ^d   Dean, G ^e   Smith, A ^f   Winter, A J ^g   Alexander, S ^h   Ison, C ^h   Ward, H ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRAL AND NORTH WEST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e UK   (United Kingdom)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g Sandyford Sexual Health Services   (United Kingdom)

^h PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID;

ADULT; ANAL INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FISTING (SEX); HOMOSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INCUBATION TIME; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTAL LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; RECTUM DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNPROTECTED SEX;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; GAY MEN; HIV; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SODIUM OXYBATE; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901948355     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051404     Document Type: Article

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