Shigella flexneri serotype 1 infections in men who have sex with men in Vancouver, Canada

HIV Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 168-175

  Wilmer, A ^a   Romney, M G ^a,b   Gustafson, R ^c   Sandhu, J ^c   Chu, T ^c   Ng, C ^d   Hoang, L ^a,d   Champagne, S ^a,b   Hull, M W ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^d BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIV AIDS   (Canada)

Author keywords

HIV; Homosexuality; Male; Shigella

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANADA; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROTYPING; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLOSIS; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TREND STUDY; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; COMPLICATION; COST OF ILLNESS; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEROTYPING; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 84922727239     PISSN: 14642662     EISSN: 14681293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hiv.12191     Document Type: Article

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