Is concurrency driving HIV transmission in sub-saharan african sexual networks? the significance of sexual partnership typology

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1746-1752

  Kretzschmar, Mirjam ^a,b   Caraël, Michel ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Basic reproduction number; Concurrent partnerships; HIV transmission; Mathematical models; Sexual networks; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEGRO; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84868513100     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0254-6     Document Type: Review

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