• Avatars using computer/smartphone mediated communication and social networking in prevention of sexually transmitted diseases 

      Gabarron, Elia; Serrano, Jose Artur F S Vale; Wynn, Rolf; Armayones Ruiz, Manuel (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), especially the Chlamydia trachomatis bacterial infection, a common cause of infertility, are highly prevalent in developed countries, and a worrying problem in North Norway, where the incidence of chlamydia twice the Norwegian average. Seventy percent of reported chlamydia cases are found in people below 25 years of age, and although its spread could be controlled ...