This paper examines the potential impact of concurrent partnerships on HIV spread in
Uganda using microsimulation. We represent a population of individuals, the sexual …

The objective was to estimate the likely percentage of HIV infections that may be attributable
to one-off partnerships (such as those between female sex workers and their clients) and …

Sub-Saharan Africa contains only 3% of the global population but an alarming 68% of the
world's adults and children living with HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS 2007). Sixtyeight percent of adults …

This paper explores the roles of acute infection and concurrent partnerships in HIV
transmission dynamics among young adults in Zimbabwe using realistic representations of …

The combination of long-term concurrent sexual partnerships and high infectiousness early
in HIV infection has been suggested as a key driver of the extensive spread of HIV in …

Objective: To examine how concurrent partnerships amplify the rate of HIV spread, using
methods that can be supported by feasible data collection. Methods: A fully stochastic …

More than 10 years ago the concept of 'concurrency'entered the epidemiological stage in the
attempt to explain the differences of spread of HIV in different populations [1–4]. In recent …

The role of concurrent sexual partnerships is increasingly recognized as important for the
transmission of sexually transmitted infections, particularly of heterosexual HIV transmission …

Background: Most model analyses examining the role of primary HIV infection in the HIV
epidemic ignore the fact that HIV is often transmitted through long-term, concurrent sexual …

The strength of the evidence linking concurrency to HIV epidemic severity in southern and
eastern Africa led the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and the Southern …