Open AccessHIV Transmission by Stage of Infection and Pattern of Sexual Partnerships
Author(s) -
Jong-Hoon Kim,
Rick L. Riolo,
James S. Koopman
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.901
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1531-5487
pISSN - 1044-3983
DOI - 10.1097/ede.0b013e3181e6639f
Subject(s) - general partnership , duration (music) , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , transmission (telecommunications) , demography , population , concurrency , immunology , virology , biology , computer science , political science , sociology , telecommunications , art , literature , law , operating system
Most model analyses examining the role of primary HIV infection in the HIV epidemic ignore the fact that HIV is often transmitted through long-term, concurrent sexual partnerships. We sought to understand how duration and concurrency of sexual partnerships affect the role of transmissions during primary HIV infection.