作者
Sheldon R Morris, Jeffrey D Klausner, Susan P Buchbinder, Sarah L Wheeler, Beryl Koblin, Thomas Coates, Margaret Chesney, Grant N Colfax
发表日期
2006/11/15
期刊
Clinical Infectious Diseases
卷号
43
期号
10
页码范围
1284-1289
出版商
The University of Chicago Press
简介
Background . The prevalence of gonorrhea of the pharynx among select samples of men who have sex with men (MSM) ranges from 9% to 15%. To our knowledge, there have been no longitudinal studies in a prospective MSM cohort to estimate pharyngeal gonorrhea incidence or predictors of infection. We examined the prevalence, incidence, and sociodemographic and behavioral predictors of pharyngeal gonorrhea in a cohort of sexually active, human immunodeficiency virus—negative MSM.
Methods . We conducted a prospective study of pharyngeal gonorrhea among MSM who were enrolled in a behavioral intervention study to prevent human immunodeficiency virus infection (Project EXPLORE). Participants were enrolled in this ancillary study from March 2001 through July 2003. At baseline and every 6 months thereafter until 31 July 2003, participants were …
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