Predictors of serological cure and Serofast State after treatment in HIV-negative persons with early syphilis.

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Published in Clin Infect Dis on October 12, 2011

Authors

Arlene C Seña1, Mark Wolff, David H Martin, Frieda Behets, Kathleen Van Damme, Peter Leone, Carol Langley, Linda McNeil, Edward W Hook

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.

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