Modelling the impact of chlamydia screening on the transmission of HIV among men who have sex with men

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Xiridou, Maria ^a   Vriend, Henrike J ^a,b   Lugner, Anna K ^a   Wallinga, Jacco ^a   Fennema, Johannes S ^c   Prins, Jan M ^b   Geerlings, Suzanne E ^b   Rijnders, Bart J A ^d   Prins, Maria ^b,c   de Vries, Henry J C ^a,b,c   Postma, Maarten J ^e   van Veen, Maaike G ^c   Schim van der Loeff, Maarten F ^b,c   van der Sande, Marianne A B ^a,f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chlamydia screening; Chlamydia trachomatis; HIV; Mathematical model; Men who have sex with men

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONSULTATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; SCREENING;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84884175643     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-436     Document Type: Article

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