Comparability of results from pair and classical model formulations for different sexually transmitted infections

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Ong, Jimmy Boon Som ^a   Fu, Xiuju ^b   Lee, Gary Kee Khoon ^b   Chen, Mark I Cheng ^a,c,d  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STEADY STATE;

HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

CHLAMYDIA;

EID: 84862975899     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039575     Document Type: Article

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