A cross sectional analysis of gonococcal and chlamydial infections among men-who-have-sex-with-men in Cape Town, South Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Rebe, Kevin ^a,b   Lewis, David ^b,c,d,e   Myer, Landon ^b   De Swardt, Glenn ^a   Struthers, Helen ^a,b   Kamkuemah, Monika ^b   McIntyre, James ^a,b  

^a ANOVA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^d WESTERN SYDNEY SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

^e University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSGENDER; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN AND WOMEN; OROPHARYNX; SEROCONVERSION; SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSACTIONAL SEX; URETHRA; ANAL CANAL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HIV INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MASS SCREENING; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GONORRHEA; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OROPHARYNX; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; URETHRA;

EID: 84947938516     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138315     Document Type: Article

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