Syphilis and gonorrhoea in men who have sex with men: A european over view

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 14, Issue 47, 2009, Pages

  Savage, E J ^a   Hughes, G ^a   Ison, C ^a   Lowndes, C M ^a   Stary, Angelika ^b   Strauss, Reinhild ^c   Crucitti, Tania ^d   Sasse, André ^e   Hadjianastassiou, Chrystalla ^f   Cowan, Susan ^g   Hoffmann, Steen ^g   Uusküla, Anneli ^h   Voiko, Rutta ⁱ   Hiltunen Back, Eija ^j   Goulet, Véronique ^k   Hamouda, Osamah ^l   Kohl, Peter ^m   Konte, Vasileia ⁿ   Tzelepi, Eva ^o   Sigmundsdóttir, Guðrún ^p   Hauksdottir, Guðrun ^q   O’Hora, Aidan ^r   Barry, Helen ^s   Stefanelli, Paola ^t   Suligoi, Barbara ^t   Pirsko, Judite ^u   Lavrinovica, Elvira ^u   Barbara, Christopher ^v   Melillo, Jackie Maistre ^w   Van Der Sande, Marianne ^x   Linde, Ineke ^y   Klovstad, Hilde ^z   Skogen, Vegard ^aa   Azevedo, Jacinta ^ab   Borrego, Maria José ^ac   Mikas, Jan ^ad   Klavs, Irena ^ae   Andlovic, Alenka ^af   Diez, Mercedes ^ag   Vazquez, Julio ^ag   Blaxhult, Anders ^ah   Velicko, Inga ^ah   Fredlund, Hans ^ai   Altan, Peyman ^aj   Wallace, Lesley ^ak   Young, Hugh ^al   Catchpole, Mike ^a   Cole, Michelle ^a   Zakoucka, Hana ^am   more..

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Outpatients Centre for Diagnosis of Infectious Venero Dermatological Diseases   (Austria)

^c Family and Youth   (Austria)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^e SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^f Ministry of Health   (Cyprus)

^g STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^h TARTU UNIVERSITY CLINICS   (Estonia)

ⁱ WEST TALLINN CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Estonia)

^j NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^k INSTITUT ALFRED FOURNIER   (France)

^l ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^m VIVANTES KLINIKUM NEUKÖLLN   (Germany)

ⁿ Hellenic Centre for Infectious Disease Control   (Greece)

^o HELLENIC PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^p Directorate of Health   (Iceland)

^q LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^r HEALTH PROTECTION SURVEILLANCE CENTRE   (Ireland)

^s ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^t ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^u State Centre of Sexually Transmitted and Skin Diseases   (Latvia)

^v ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (Malta)

^w Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Unit   (Malta)

^x NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^y MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^z NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^aa UNN Tromsø Universitetssykehuset   (Norway)

^ab General Directorate of Health (DGS)   (Portugal)

^ac NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^ad National Public Health Agency of the Slovak Republic   (Slovakia)

^ae NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Slovenia)

^af UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^ag INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^ah SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^ai ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^aj MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

^ak HEALTH PROTECTION SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^al Scottish Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infections Reference Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^am NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^an National Institute of Public Health ^*  (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUROPE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; SEX RATIO; SYPHILIS; TREND STUDY;

EID: 85048826523     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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