Frequent transmission of gonorrhea in men who have sex with men

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 102-104

  Fairley, Christopher K ^a,b   Hocking, Jane S ^a,c   Zhang, Lei ^a,b   Chow, Eric P F ^a,b  

^a MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; GONORRHEA; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KISSING; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PENIS; PHARYNGEAL GONORRHEA; PREVALENCE; RECTAL GONORRHEA; SALIVA; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL PRACTICE; THROAT TO ANUS TRANSMISSION; THROAT TO THROAT TRANSMISSION; UNPROTECTED SEX; URETHRITIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MICROBIOLOGY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PATHOGENICITY; PHARYNX; PHYSIOLOGY; RECTUM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; URETHRA;

DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; GONORRHEA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHARYNX; RECTUM; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URETHRA;

EID: 85006345846     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2301.161205     Document Type: Article

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