Epidemic lymphogranuloma venereum during epidemics of crack cocaine use in the Bahamas

Epidemic lymphogranuloma venereum during epidemics of crack cocaine use in the Bahamas

Since the early 1980s, the Bahamas has experienced sequential epidemics of freebase/crack cocaine use, genital ulcer-inguinal adenopathy disease (GUD) and heterosexual HIV infection. Bauwens et al prospectively define the etiology of GUD in patients at the Princess Margaret Hospital during outbreaks...

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Veröffentlicht in:Sexually transmitted diseases 2002-05, Vol.29 (5), p.253
Hauptverfasser: Bauwens, J Eric, Orlander, Herbert, M Perry Gomez, Lampe, Mary
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Sprache:eng
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Cocaine
Drug use
Epidemics
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Sexually transmitted diseases
STD
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Zusammenfassung:Since the early 1980s, the Bahamas has experienced sequential epidemics of freebase/crack cocaine use, genital ulcer-inguinal adenopathy disease (GUD) and heterosexual HIV infection. Bauwens et al prospectively define the etiology of GUD in patients at the Princess Margaret Hospital during outbreaks of crack cocaine use, GUD and HIV infection in the Bahamas.
ISSN:0148-5717
1537-4521