Screening for syphilis: Updated evidence report and systematic review for the US preventive services task force

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 315, Issue 21, 2016, Pages 2328-2337

  Cantor, Amy G ^a   Pappas, Miranda ^b   Daeges, Monica ^b   Nelson, Heidi D ^a,c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pacific Northwest Evidencebased Practice Center   (United States)

^c Providence Cancer Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; LOW RISK POPULATION; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SYPHILIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; COMPLICATION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RISK; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVISORY COMMITTEES; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RISK; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84973326072     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.4114     Document Type: Review

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