Spatial epidemiology of the syphilis epidemic in Toronto, Canada

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 637-648

  Gesink, Dionne ^a   Wang, Susan ^a   Norwood, Todd ^b   Sullivan, Ashleigh ^c   Al Bargash, Dana ^d   Shahin, Rita ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d TORONTO PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COINFECTION; CONTACT EXAMINATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CANADA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COINFECTION; CONTACT TRACING; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SYPHILIS;

EID: 84929909675     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000196     Document Type: Article

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