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Review
. 2002 Feb;78(1):7-12.
doi: 10.1136/sti.78.1.7.

An introduction to mathematical models in sexually transmitted disease epidemiology

G P Garnett  1
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An introduction to mathematical models in sexually transmitted disease epidemiology

G P Garnett. Sex Transm Infect. 2002 Feb.

Abstract

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.

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