Saliva use as a lubricant for anal sex is a risk factor for rectal gonorrhoea among men who have sex with men, a new public health message: A cross-sectional survey

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 532-536

  Chow, Eric P F ^a,b   Cornelisse, Vincent J ^a,b   Read, Tim R H ^a,b   Lee, David ^a   Walker, Sandra ^a,b   Hocking, Jane S ^c   Chen, Marcus Y ^a,b   Bradshaw, Catriona S ^a,b   Fairley, Christopher K ^a,b  

^a MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

GAY MEN; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEA; PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR

Indexed keywords

LUBRICATING AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAL CANAL; ANAL INTERCOURSE; CONDOM USE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH MESSAGE; RECTUM DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA; SEROLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

EID: 84960939092     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2015-052502     Document Type: Review

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