title: Seasonal control for an endemic disease with seasonal fluctuations.
abstract: In diseases exhibiting seasonal fluctuations, it may make sense to exploit the seasonality when devising control strategies. In this paper, the effect of using a seasonal screening program to control gonorrhea is examined. Ordinary differential equation models are analyzed with perturbation methods and an optimum seasonal control strategy is determined.
authors.affiliation: COLSA, Inc., Huntsville, Alabama 35806.
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Cromer
mesh_terms: D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D015233:Models, Statistical; D012621:Seasons; D014481:United States