Higher variability in the number of sexual partners in males can contribute to a higher prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases in females

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 261, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 100-106

  Gouveia Oliveira, Rodrigo ^a   Pedersen, Anders Gorm ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agent based modelling; Epidemic; Gender prevalence; STD; Variance

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; MODELING; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STOCHASTICITY; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STOCHASTIC MODEL; VARIANCE;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 70349492082     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.06.028     Document Type: Article

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