Sexual Network Structure Among a Household Sample of Urban African American Adolescents in an Endemic Sexually Transmitted Infection Setting

200829 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Caroline Fichtenberg · Johns Hopkins University

Stephen Q. Muth · Quintus Technologies (Sweden)

Beth A. Brown · Reproductive Science Center

Nancy Padian · RTI International

Thomas A. Glass · Johns Hopkins University

Jonathan M. Ellen · Johns Hopkins University

Abstract

Our results confirm, in a new setting, previous observations that sexual network structures necessary for endemic transmission of gonorrhea and chlamydia are sparsely connected.

Topics & Keywords

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Reproductive tract infections research HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volume 36, Issue 1, pp. 41-48

DOI: 10.1097/olq.0b013e3181860711

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 6.96