Developing a realistic sexual network model of chlamydia transmission in Britain

Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Turner, Katherine M E ^a   Adams, Elisabeth J ^a   Gay, Nigel ^a   Ghani, Azra C ^b   Mercer, Catherine ^c   Edmunds, W John ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARAMETER; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTACT EXAMINATION; SEXUALITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 33646357244     PISSN: 17424682     EISSN: 17424682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4682-3-3     Document Type: Article

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