Open AccessSexual networks and the chlamydia epidemic - Meeting report
Author(s) -
Collective Editorial team
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
euro surveillance/eurosurveillance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.766
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1560-7917
pISSN - 1025-496X
DOI - 10.2807/esm.12.10.00742-en
Subject(s) - contact tracing , tying , sexual behavior , public health , chlamydia , epidemiology , medicine , computer science , environmental health , covid-19 , pathology , immunology , clinical psychology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , operating system , disease
Network analysis, tying together sociology and epidemiology, provides a means of looking at the epidemic from a sociogeographic point of view. By highlighting the links between people in sexual networks, it can be useful when designing public health campaigns and carrying out contact tracing.