Insights into the epidemiology of sexually transmitted diseases from R o = βcD

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 722-724

  Brunham, Robert C ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GAMMA INTERFERON; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HERPES SIMPLEX VACCINE; HUMAN PAPILLOMA VACCINE; INTERLEUKIN 10; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE; VIRUS VACCINE;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOKINE RELEASE; GONORRHEA; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PAPILLOMA VIRUS; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; ARTICLE; AWARDS AND PRIZES; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AWARDS AND PRIZES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 28644447879     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000190093.59071.4d     Document Type: Conference Paper

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