Analysis and simulation of a stochastic, discrete-individual model of STD transmission with partnership concurrency

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-68

  Chick, Stephen E ^a   Adams, Andrew L ^b   Koopman, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Merit Network Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete event simulation; Markovian infection process; Mucosal infection; Network valued epidemic model; Pair formation model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 0033940654     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-5564(00)00028-6     Document Type: Article

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