Prevention strategies for sexually transmitted infections: Importance of sexual network structure and epidemic phase

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 83, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Ward, Helen ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHLAMYDIASIS; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GONORRHEA; HERPES; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SYPHILIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 34547799052     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2006.023598     Document Type: Review

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