Because pathogens spread only within the unique context of a sexual union between
people when one person is infectious, the other is susceptible to new infection, and …

Traditional study designs, such as individual-level studies and ecological studies, are
unable to simultaneously examine the effects of individual-level and group-level factors on …

Contact patterns in populations fundamentally influence the spread of infectious diseases.
Current mathematical methods for epidemiological forecasting on networks largely assume …

Objectives. We sought to determine the prevalence, distribution, and correlates of US men's
involvement in concurrent sexual partnerships, a sexual network pattern that speeds …

Executive summary Mathematical models have an important role to play in identifying which
interventions are having the greatest impact, and where HIV interventions are most needed …

Background: Approximately 16 million people are enrolled in institutions of higher learning
in the United States. However, college students have not been perceived as at high risk for …

Study Design: We recruited 192 individuals aged 18 to 30 from sexually transmitted disease
and family planning clinics in 96 partner dyads that reported first sexual contact during the …

Objectives. We determined the prevalence, distribution, and correlates of US women's
involvement in concurrent sexual partnerships, a sexual-network pattern that speeds …

Concurrent Partnerships Among Rural African Americans With R... : JAIDS Journal of Acquired
Immune Deficiency Syndromes Concurrent Partnerships Among Rural African Americans With …

Determinants of evolving epidemics of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) are equally
influenced by the evolution of the STD epidemics themselves and by the evolution of human …