An introduction to mathematical models in sexually transmitted disease epidemiology

An introduction to mathematical models in sexually transmitted disease epidemiology.

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.

An Introduction to Lay Epidemiology

سخن سردبیر Editorial مجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی رفسنجان دوره 21، اسفند 1401، 1228-1227 درآمدی بر اپیدمیولوژی عامیانه An Introduction to Lay Epidemiology محسن رضائیان[1] Mohsen Rezaeian واژه اپیدمیولوژی عامیانه برای اولین بار و در سال 1991 میلادی مورد استفاده قرار گرفت [1]. اپیدمیولوژی عامیانه (Lay epidemiology) به فرآیندی اطلاق می‌گردد که به وسیله آن خطرات مرتبط با سلامت، توسط ...

Sexually transmitted diseases and sexual behavior: insights from mathematical models.

The major role of mathematical models of transmission dynamics and population biology of sexually transmitted diseases is helping understand the influence of the many biologic, social, and behavioral factors that influence the incidence or prevalence of infection. Various models can examine heterogeneity in sexual behavior and determine how individual variation influences epidemiologic pattern ...

Tehran University students' knowledge about sexually transmitted disease

Introduction: Sexually transmitted diseases (STD) such as gonorrhea, syphilis and ‎trichomonias are the most common infection disease in the world. Since young adults are at ‎substantial risk for contracting STD and previous studies have shown youth poor knowledge ‎level.‎ Aim: The objective of this study is to determine the knowledge level about STD among ‎Tehran Univers...

Environmental epidemiology: An introduction