Open AccessSexual Bridging Socially and Over Time: A Simulation Model Exploring the Relative Effects of Mixing and Concurrency on Viral Sexually Transmitted Infection Transmission
Author(s) -
Irene A. Doherty,
Stephen Shiboski,
Jonathan M. Ellen,
Adaora A. Adimora,
Nancy Padian
Publication year - 2006
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 - 10.1097/01.olq.0000194586.66409.7a
Subject(s) - concurrency , population , medicine , demography , transmission (telecommunications) , bridging (networking) , mixing (physics) , environmental health , computer science , telecommunications , computer security , physics , quantum mechanics , sociology , operating system
Sexual partnerships between people at higher and lower risk for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) (i.e., bridging) occur through dissortative mixing and concurrent partnerships, yet the relative effects of these network patterns on population STI spread are poorly understood.