Data-driven simulation of HIV spread among young men who have sex with men: Role of age and race mixing and STIs

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 186-194

  Beck, Ekkehard C ^a   Birkett, Michelle ^b   Armbruster, Benjamin ^a   Mustanski, Brian ^b  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; Mathematical models; Men who have sex with men; Sexual behavior; Sexual partners; STI

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CHLAMYDIASIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPIDEMIC; GONORRHEA; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT; AGING; ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIV INFECTIONS; INCIDENCE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; PREVALENCE; SEXUALITY; TIME; TRANSMISSION;

AGING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL PARTNERS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942012223     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000000733     Document Type: Conference Paper

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