Modeling the Effectiveness of Isolation Strategies in Preventing STD Epidemics

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 912-925

  Hyman, James M ^a   Li, Jia ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior changes; Endemic equilibrium; Global stability; Local stability; Partner formations; Reproductive numbers; Selective mixing; Sexually transmitted disease models

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; STABILITY;

SELECTIVE MIXING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 0032095867     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S003613999630561X     Document Type: Article

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