Increasing trends of syphilis among men who have sex with men in high income countries

Sexual Health

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 155-163

  Read, Phillip ^a,b   Fairley, Christopher K ^c,d   Chow, Eric P F ^c,d  

^a Kirketon Road Centre ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EASTERN EUROPE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCOME; INFECTION RATE; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; SYPHILIS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 84928538855     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: 14498987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH14153     Document Type: Article

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