Developing a realistic sexual network model of chlamydia transmission in Britain |
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| Authors: | Katherine ME Turner Elisabeth J Adams Nigel Gay Azra C Ghani Catherine Mercer W John Edmunds |
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| Institution: | (1) Health Protection Agency, Centre for Infections, 61 Colindale Ave, NW9 5EQ Colindale, London, UK;(2) London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, WC1E 7HT, London, UK;(3) Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, University College London, Mortimer Market Centre, WC1E 6AU, Mortimer Market, London, UK |
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| Abstract: | Background A national chlamydia screening programme is currently being rolled out in the UK and other countries. However, much of the
epidemiology remains poorly understood. In this paper we present a stochastic, individual based, dynamic sexual network model
of chlamydia transmission and its parameterisation. Mathematical models provide a theoretical framework for understanding
the key epidemiological features of chlamydia: sexual behaviour, health care seeking and transmission dynamics. |
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