A metapopulation modelling framework for gonorrhoea and other sexually transmitted infections in heterosexual populations

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 6, Issue 38, 2009, Pages 775-791

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

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Epidemiology; Gonorrhoea; Mathematical model; Sexual behaviour; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISKS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SPEECH ANALYSIS;

ASYMMETRIC DISTRIBUTION; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ETHNIC MINORITIES; GONORRHOEA; INCIDENCE RATE; METAPOPULATIONS; MODELLING FRAMEWORK; ORIGINAL MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHLAMYDIA; GONORRHEA; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION MODEL; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 68149112389     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2008.0394     Document Type: Article

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