Duration of syphilis symptoms at presentations in men who have sex with men in Australia: Are current public health campaigns effective?

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 113-122

  Chow, E P F ^a,b   Dutt, K ^a   Fehler, G ^a   Denham, I ^a   Chen, M Y ^a,b   Batrouney, C ^c   Peel, J ^a   Read, T R H ^a,b   Bradshaw, C S ^a,b   Fairley, C K ^a,b  

^a MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Victorian AIDS Council/Gay Men's Health Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Men who have sex with men; public health; symptoms recognition; syphilis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BLISTER; DISEASE DURATION; GENITAL PAIN; GENITAL ULCER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PENIS DISEASE; PRIMARY INFECTION; RASH; REAGIN TEST; SECONDARY INFECTION; SELF REPORT; SYPHILIS; TREND STUDY; AGGLUTINATION TEST; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTOR; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; YOUNG ADULT;

REAGINIC ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REAGINS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS; TIME FACTORS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84983161933     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268815001168     Document Type: Article

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