Sexually transmitted diseases: Epidemic cycling and immunity

Bryan Grenfell; Ottar Bjørnstad

doi:10.1038/433366a

Sexually transmitted diseases: Epidemic cycling and immunity

Bryan Grenfell, Ottar Bjørnstad

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Are syphilis epidemics caused by external factors such as human sexual behaviour, or are factors intrinsic to the pathogen more important? Comparing the dynamics of syphilis and gonorrhoea provides some clues.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	366-367
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature
Volume	433
Issue number	7024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/433366a
State	Published - Jan 27 2005
Externally published	Yes

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