Inferring mechanisms for sexual partnership formation from the distribution of sexual partner numbers

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-42

  Garnett, Geoff P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; NONHUMAN; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VIREMIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CONTACT EXAMINATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NOTE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONTACT TRACING; HUMANS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39649093217     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318162c504     Document Type: Editorial

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