Substantial increases in chlamydia and gonorrhea positivity unexplained by changes in individual-level sexual behaviors among men who have sex with men in an australian sexual health service from 2007 to 2013

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 81-87

  Chow, Eric P F ^a,b   Tomnay, Jane ^c   Fehler, Glenda ^a   Whiley, David ^d   Read, Tim R H ^a,b   Denham, Ian ^a   Bradshaw, Catriona S ^a,b   Chen, Marcus Y ^a,b   Fairley, Christopher K ^a,b  

^a MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDOM USE; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALITY; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; GONORRHEA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 84921904679     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000232     Document Type: Article

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