Modeling the impact of changing sexual behaviors with opposite-sex partners and STI testing among women and men ages 15–44 on STI diagnosis rates in the United States 2012–2019

Objective: To estimate the potential contributions of reported changes in frequency of penile-vaginal sex (PVS), condom use and STI screening to changes in gonorrhea and chlamydial diagnoses from 2012 to 2019. Methods: An agent-based model of the heterosexual population in the U.S. simulated the STI...

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Main Authors: Deven T. Hamilton, David A. Katz, Laura T. Haderxhanaj, Casey E. Copen, Ian H. Spicknall, Matthew Hogben
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2023-12-01
Series:Infectious Disease Modelling
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468042723000908