Mind the gap: The role of time between sex with two consecutive partners on the transmission dynamics of gonorrhea

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 435-444

  Chen, Mark I ^a,b   Ghani, Azra C ^c   Edmunds, John ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CONDOM; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION PREVENTION; LIFESTYLE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARAMETER; PREVALENCE; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 43449120148     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181612d33     Document Type: Article

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