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Sexual networks: implications for the transmission of sexually transmitted infections
Fredrik Liljeros1, Christofer R Edling, Luis A Nunes Amaral
1Department of Epidemiology, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, 171 82 Solna, Sweden.
Microbes and Infection
|March 26, 2003
Abstract:
The structures of sexual networks are essential for understanding the dynamics of sexually transmitted infections. Standard epidemiological models largely disregard the complex patterns of intimate contacts. Social network analysis offers important insight into how to conceptualize and model social interaction and has the potential to greatly enhance the understanding of disease epidemics.