The role of sexual partnership networks in the epidemiology of gonorrhea

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-56

  Ghani, Azra C ^a,b   Swinton, Jonathan ^b   Garnett, Geoff P ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSORTATIVE MATING; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

EID: 0031036093     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199701000-00009     Document Type: Article

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