Modelling based on Australian HIV notifications data suggests homosexual age mixing is primarily assortative

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 356-360

  Wilson, David P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assortativity; Australia; HIV; Men who have sex with men; Sexual mixing

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALITY; AGE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION CONTROL; MIDDLE AGED; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651052994     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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