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01-02-2010 | Commentary

The Mathematics of Concurrent Partnerships and HIV: A Commentary on Lurie and Rosenthal, 2009

Author: Helen Epstein

Published in: AIDS and Behavior | Issue 1/2010

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In their commentary “Concurrent Partnerships as a Driver of the HIV Epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa? The Evidence is Limited” [1] Mark Lurie and Samantha Rosenthal call for more research on the role sexual partnership concurrency may play in the spread of sexually transmitted infections. Unfortunately this very sensible recommendation is undermined by a number of errors, beginning with the first sentence.1 …
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“Sub-Saharan Africa contains only 3% of the global population,” the authors state, “but an alarming 68% of the world’s adults and children living with HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS 2007)." In fact, sub-Saharan Africa is home to 12.6% of the world's population, not 3%. (World Population Prospects: 2008 Revision).
 
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Metadata
Title
The Mathematics of Concurrent Partnerships and HIV: A Commentary on Lurie and Rosenthal, 2009
Author
Helen Epstein
Publication date
01-02-2010
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
AIDS and Behavior / Issue 1/2010
Print ISSN: 1090-7165
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3254
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-009-9627-x

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