Advances in multilevel approaches to understanding the epidemiology and prevention of sexually transmitted infections and HIV: An overview

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 191, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Aral, Sevgi O ^a,d   Padian, Nancy S ^b   Holmes, King K ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MATE CHOICE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CONTACT TRACING; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 12444311701     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/425290     Document Type: Editorial

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