Screening for gonorrhea and syphilis in the gay baths--Denver, Colorado

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ID11017104
AuthorsF N Judson, K G Miller, Kay Miller, T R Schaffnit
Year1977
Volume67
Issue8
Pages740-742
Publication date1977-08-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.67.8.740
PMID888990
OpenAlexW2045656446
LanguageEN
Citations received10

During 33 screening sessions in Denver gay steambaths, 48 of 419 (11.5 per cent) men were found to have asymptomatic gonorrhea and six (1.4 per cent) had early latent syphilis. Questionnaires were administered to 160 men who reported a mean of 7.9 different male sex contacts per month. Female sex contacts were also reported by 30 per cent. The respondents used the baths an average of 2.2 times per month, having an average of 2.7 different sex contacts per visit, 84 per cent of whom were not previously known to the respondent. Gay steambaths are productive locations for detecting asymptomatic gonorrhea and syphilis

Asymptomatic · Family medicine · Gonorrhea · Gynecology · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Respondent · Syphilis · Demography · Medicine · Reproductive tract infections research · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Surgery · Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment

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