Prioritizing Congenital Syphilis Control in South China: A Decision Analytic Model to Inform Policy Implementation

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Tan, Nicholas X ^a   Rydzak, Chara ^b   Yang, Li Gang ^c   Vickerman, Peter ^d   Yang, Bin ^c   Peeling, Rosanna W ^d   Hawkes, Sarah ^e   Chen, Xiang Sheng ^f   Tucker, Joseph D ^c,d,g  

^a Harvard Initiative for Global Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Guangdong Provincial Center for STI Prevention and Control   (China)

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

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f National Center for STD Control   (China)

^g UNC Project China   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONGENITAL SYPHILIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SYPHILIS, CONGENITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873856585     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001375     Document Type: Article

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