Individual and Population Level Effects of Partner Notification for Chlamydia trachomatis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Althaus, Christian L ^a   Heijne, Janneke C M ^a   Herzog, Sereina A ^a   Roellin, Adrian ^a,b   Low, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RSTISIM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 84871210837     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051438     Document Type: Article

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