Sex, drugs and smart phone applications: Findings from semistructured interviews with men who have sex with men diagnosed with Shigella flexneri 3a in England and Wales

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 598-602

  Gilbart, V L ^a   Simms, Ian ^a   Jenkins, C ^b   Furegato, M ^a   Gobin, M ^c   Oliver, I ^c   Hart, G ^d   Gill, O N ^a   Hughes, G ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Reference Microbiology Services   (United Kingdom)

^c Public Health England   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; 4' METHYLMETHCATHINONE; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; ANAL INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; FISTING (SEX); GONORRHEA; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MOBILE APPLICATION; ORAL SEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SHIGELLOSIS; SOCIAL NETWORK; UNITED KINGDOM; UNPROTECTED SEX; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; INTERVIEW; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; PATHOGENICITY; PSYCHOLOGY; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SMARTPHONE; SOCIAL MEDIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNSAFE SEX;

ADULT; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; ENGLAND; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SMARTPHONE; SOCIAL MEDIA; UNSAFE SEX; WALES;

EID: 84951567295     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2015-052014     Document Type: Article

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