Article
Competitive Exclusion in Gonorrhea Models and Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases
1996-04-01
Abstract excerpt
A heterosexually active population is exposed to two competing strains or two distinct sexually transmitted pathogens. It is assumed that a host cannot be invaded simultaneously by both disease agents and that when symptoms appear, a function of the pathogen or strain virulence, individuals recover. We conclude that in a behaviorally and genetically homogeneous population coexistence is not possible except under v...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 72a76eca-e983-5dea-a58a-d32e3eeca676
- DOI
- 10.1137/s003613999325419x