Modeling the Impact of Potential Vaccines on Sexually Transmitted Chlamydia Epidemics
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199 Text: 3487 Running Title: Potential impact of Chlamydia vaccines. Acknowledgement of funding: Australian Research Council. Some results from this work have previously been presented at the Sixth Meeting of the European Society of Chlamydia Research, Denmark, July 1-4, 2008.
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