Magic bullets need accurate guns - Syphilis eradication, elimination, and control

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 395-404

  Garnett, Geoff P ^a   Brunham, Robert C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elimination; Public health; Syphilis; Transmission dynamics; Treponema pallidum

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ERADICATION THERAPY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 0032709939     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1286-4579(99)80056-2     Document Type: Review

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