TY - JOUR T1 - An introduction to mathematical models in sexually transmitted disease epidemiology JF - Sexually Transmitted Infections JO - Sex Transm Infect SP - 7 LP - 12 DO - 10.1136/sti.78.1.7 VL - 78 IS - 1 AU - G P Garnett Y1 - 2002/02/01 UR - http://sti.bmj.com/content/78/1/7.abstract N2 - Mathematical models serve a number of roles in understanding sexually transmitted infection epidemiology and control. This article seeks to provide the non-mathematician with a description of their construction and use and presents illustrative examples from sexually transmitted infection epidemiology. ER -