Investigating the potential public health benefit of jail-based screening and treatment programs for chlamydia

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 177, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 463-473

  Owusu Edusei, Kwame ^a   Gift, Thomas L ^b   Chesson, Harrell W ^b   Kent, Charlotte K ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

chlamydia; jail based screening; mathematical transmission modeling

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TREATMENT; HOMOSEXUALITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRISON; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREVALENCE; PRISONS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

CHLAMYDIA;

EID: 84874761180     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws240     Document Type: Article

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