Elsevier

Mathematical Biosciences

Volume 58, Issue 1, February 1982, Pages 93-109
Mathematical Biosciences

Gonorrhea modeling: a comparison of control methods

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Abstract

A population dynamics model for a heterogeneous population is used to compare the effectiveness of six prevention methods for gonorrhea involving population screening and contact tracing of selected groups. The population is subdivided according to sex, sexual activity, and symptomatic or asymptomatic infection. For this model contact tracing of certain groups is more effective than general population screening.

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This work was partially supported by National Institutes of Health Grant AI 13233 and by Center for Disease Control Contract 200-79-0949.

Visiting Mathematician, Laboratory of Mathematical Biology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20205, during 1980–1981.

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