The Use of Mathematical Models of Chlamydia Transmission to Address Public Health Policy Questions: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mathematical models of chlamydia transmission can help inform disease control policy decisions when direct empirical evaluation of alternatives is impractical. We reviewed published chlamydia models to understand the range of approaches used for policy analyses and how the studies have responded to developments in the field.

Methods

We performed a literature review by searching Medline and Google Scholar (up to October 2015) to identify publications describing dynamic chlamydia transmission models used to address public health policy questions. We extracted information on modeling methodology, interventions, and key findings.

Results

We identified 47 publications (including two model comparison studies), which reported collectively on 29 distinct mathematic

SUBMITTER: Ronn MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6727649 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature