Christofer Edling
Professor
Sexual networks: implications for the transmission of sexually transmitted infections
Author
Summary, in English
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. (C) 2003 Editions scientifiques et medicales Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.
Publishing year
2003
Language
English
Pages
189-196
Publication/Series
Microbes and Infection
Volume
5
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Elsevier
Topic
- Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)
Keywords
- sexually transmitted diseases
- sociology
- sociologi
- disease epidemiology
- sociometric techniques
- small-world networks
- scale-free networks
- social networks
- complex networks
- notification
- partner
- disease
- united-states
- colorado-springs
- dynamics
- spread
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1769-714X