Chlamydia transmission: Concurrency, reproduction number, and the epidemic trajectory

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 150, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1331-1339

  Potterat, John J ^a   Zimmerman Rogers, Helen ^a   Muth, Stephen Q ^a   Rothenberg, Richard B ^b   Green, David L ^a   Taylor, Jerry E ^c   Bonney, Mandy S ^a   White, Helen A ^c  

^a El Paso County   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EVANS ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial; Chlamydia infections; Chlamydia trachomatis; Communicable disease control; Disease transmission; Sexual partners; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033573349     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009965     Document Type: Article

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