Population sexual behavior and HIV prevalence in Sub-Saharan Africa: missing links?
Author(s) -
Ryosuke Omori,
Laith J. AbuRaddad
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.01.005
Subject(s) - casual , demography , rank correlation , population , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , spearman's rank correlation coefficient , sexual behavior , correlation , condom , transmission (telecommunications) , sex partners , medicine , psychology , statistics , social psychology , mathematics , immunology , materials science , geometry , syphilis , sociology , electrical engineering , composite material , engineering
Patterns of sexual partnering should shape HIV transmission in human populations. The objective of this study was to assess empirical associations between population casual sex behavior and HIV prevalence, and between different measures of casual sex behavior.
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