Vicious and virtuous circles in the dynamics of infectious disease and the provision of health care: Gonorrhea in Britain as an example

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 192, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 824-836

  White, Peter J ^a   Ward, Helen ^a   Cassell, Jackie A ^b   Mercer, Catherine H ^b   Garnett, Geoff P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COST CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 23944468078     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/432004     Document Type: Article

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