Influence of detection method and study area scale on syphilis cluster identification in North Carolina

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 216-221

  Escamilla, Veronica ^a   Hampton, Kristen H ^b   Gesink, Dionne C ^c   Serre, Marc L ^d   Emch, Michael ^b,e   Leone, Peter A ^b,f   Samoff, Erika ^g   Miller, William C ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^e Department of Geography ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY SYPHILIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SECONDARY SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INCIDENCE; NORTH CAROLINA; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SYPHILIS;

EID: 84958818635     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000421     Document Type: Article

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