title: An introduction to mathematical models in sexually transmitted disease epidemiology.
abstract: Mathematical models serve a number of roles in understanding sexually transmitted infection epidemiology and control. This article seeks to provide the non-mathematician with a description of their construction and use and presents illustrative examples from sexually transmitted infection epidemiology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, London, UK. g.garnett@ic.ac.uk
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Garnett
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D009626:Terminology as Topic