Can behavior change explain increases in the proportion of genital ulcers attributable to herpes in sub-Saharan Africa? A simulation modeling study

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 228-238

  Korenromp, Eline L ^a   Bakker, Roel ^a   De Vlas, Sake J ^a   Robinson, N Jamie ^a   Hayes, Richard ^a   Habbema, J Dik F ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GENITAL ULCER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; ULCUS MOLLE;

EID: 0036218912     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200204000-00008     Document Type: Article

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