Duration of gonorrhoea and chlamydia infection at the pharynx and rectum among men who have sex with men: A systematic review

Sexual Health

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 199-204

  Chow, Eric P F ^a,b   Camilleri, Shayne ^a   Ward, Christopher ^a   Huffam, Sarah ^a   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)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; MSM; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; screening; sexually transmitted infections; testing; transmission.

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDIASIS; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; EMBASE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PHARYNGITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; RECTUM DISEASE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHARYNX; RECTUM; SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITY; TRANSMISSION;

CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; GONORRHEA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHARYNX; PREVALENCE; RECTUM; SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITIES;

EID: 84973470092     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: 14498987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH15175     Document Type: Review

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