Modeling prevention strategies for gonorrhea and chlamydia using stochastic network simulations

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 306-317

  Kretzschmar, Mirjam ^a   Van Duynhoven, Yvonne T H P ^a   Severijnen, Anton J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

chlamydia infections; gonorrhea; models, stochastic; Monte Carlo method; sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCREENING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

EID: 0029838985     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008926     Document Type: Article

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