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Research from University of Bern Broadens Understanding of Chlamydia

Published in Women's Health Weekly, April 21st, 2011

2011 APR 21 -- Data detailed in 'Transmission dynamics of Chlamydia trachomatis affect the impact of screening programmes' have been presented. "To assess the impact of screening programmes in reducing the prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis, mathematical and computational models are used as a guideline for decision support. Unfortunately, large uncertainties exist about the parameters that determine the transmission dynamics of C. trachomatis," scientists writing in the journal Epidemics report.

"Here, we use a SEIRS (susceptible-exposed-infected-recovered-susceptible) model to critically analyze the turnover of C. trachomatis...

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