Sexual networks: Implications for the transmission of sexually transmitted infections

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 189-196

  Liljeros, Fredrik ^a,b   Edling, Christofer R ^b,c   Amaral, Luis A Nunes ^d  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease epidemiology; Sexually transmitted diseases; Social networks; Sociometric techniques

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMPIRICISM; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTIMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

CONTACT TRACING; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 0037297684     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1286-4579(02)00058-8     Document Type: Review

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