Impact of mass treatment on syphilis transmission: A mathematical modeling approach

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 297-305

  Pourbohloul, Babak ^a,b   Rekart, Michael L ^a   Brunham, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DYNAMICS; GROUPS BY AGE; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SIMULATION; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SYPHILIS;

EID: 0037385342     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200304000-00005     Document Type: Article

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