Sexual partner networks in the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases: An analysis of gonorrhea cases in Sheffield, United Kingdom

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 498-503

  Ghani, Azra C ^a   Ison, Catherine A ^a   Ward, Helen ^a   Garnett, Geoffrey P ^c   Bell, Gill ^b   Kinghorn, George R ^b   Weber, Jonathan ^d   Day, Sophie ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d ICSM at St Mary's ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029825253     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199611000-00011     Document Type: Article

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