The development of an age-structured model for trachoma transmission dynamics, pathogenesis and control

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Gambhir, Manoj ^a   Basáñez, Maria Gloria ^a   Burton, Matthew J ^b   Solomon, Anthony W ^b   Bailey, Robin L ^b   Holland, Martin J ^b,c   Blake, Isobel M ^a   Donnelly, Christl A ^a   Jabr, Ibrahim ^d   Mabey, David C ^b   Grassly, Nicholas C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^d International Trachoma Initiative   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MODEL; GAMBIA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; INFECTION CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREVALENCE; TANZANIA; TRACHOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREVALENCE; TANZANIA; TRACHOMA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68349091596     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000462     Document Type: Article

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