An anthropologically based model of the impact of asymptomatic cases on the spread of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 12, Issue 106, 2015, Pages

  Hazel, Ashley ^a,b   Marino, Simeone ^c   Simon, Carl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Asymptomatic gonorrhoea; Epidemiological anthropology; Infectious disease model; Rural health

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; BIOTECHNOLOGY;

AFRICA; ASYMPTOMATIC GONORRHOEA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE MODELING; RURAL HEALTH;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMIBIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTACT EXAMINATION; EPIDEMIC; HETEROZYGOTE; MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOLOGY, MEDICAL; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; CARRIER STATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NAMIBIA; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929493824     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2015.0067     Document Type: Article

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