Partner concurrency and the STD/HIV epidemic

Current Infectious Disease Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 134-139

  Aral, Sevgi O ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Concurrency; Cuncurrent; Gap; Multiple sex partners; Partnerships; Sexual networks; Sexual structure; STD

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; POLYGYNY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 77953545932     PISSN: 15233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11908-010-0087-2     Document Type: Review

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