Global Properties of a Core Group Model for Sexually Transmitted Infections

Autor: Andrei Korobeinikov, Carles Barril
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Trends in Mathematics ISBN: 9783319081373
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-08138-0_18
Popis: We refer to sexually transmitted diseases as the illnesses caused by pathogens which are transmitted mostly via sexual contacts. Although STDs are a very heterogenous set of diseases, there is a common property closely related to their dissemination: the spread of STDs over the population is not homogenous, but it depends on the sexual habits of the population. More precisely, population splits in two groups: those who have a risky sexual behaviour and those who take care during sexual contacts, which is known as the core.
Databáze: OpenAIRE