Open AccessUsing Sexually Transmitted Disease Incidence as a Surrogate Marker for HIV Incidence in Prevention Trials
Author(s) -
Steven D. Pinkerton,
Peter M. Layde
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/00007435-200205000-00009
Subject(s) - medicine , infectivity , sexually transmitted disease , incidence (geometry) , gonorrhea , syphilis , transmission (telecommunications) , immunology , epidemiology , risk factor , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , virus , physics , optics , electrical engineering , engineering
Because many of the sexual behaviors that place individuals at risk of acquiring HIV are the same as those that place them at risk for other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), researchers and policymakers have called for the use of non-HIV STDs as surrogate markers for HIV infection.