The racial disparities in STI in the U.S.: Concurrency, STI prevalence, and heterogeneity in partner selection

Background: There is a large and persistent racial disparity in STI in the U.S. which has placed non-Hispanic-Blacks at disproportionately high risk. We tested a hypothesis that both individual-level risk factors (partner number, anal sex, condom use) and local-network features (concurrency and asso...

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Main Authors: Deven T. Hamilton, Martina Morris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-06-01
Series:Epidemics
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1755436515000080