Australian sexually transmissible infection and HIV testing guidelines for asymptomatic men who have sex with men 2014: A review of the evidence

Sexual Health

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 217-229

  Templeton, David J ^a,b,c   Read, Phillip ^b,d   Varma, Rajesh ^e   Bourne, Christopher ^f,g  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d Kirketon Road Centre ^*  (Australia)

^e WESTERN SYDNEY SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

^f SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

chlamydia; first void urine; gonorrhoea; nucleic acid amplification test; reminders; swabs.

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIA; GONORRHEA; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PHARYNX EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; URETHRA; URINALYSIS; WART VIRUS;

EID: 84905274014     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: 14498987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH14003     Document Type: Review

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