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Sexually Transmitted Disease
Data on sexually transmitted disease reported by researchers at Johns Hopkins University
January 13th, 2009
"The purpose of this study was to compare the social network characteristics of men who have sex with men (MSM) to men who did not have sex with men (NMSM) in a sample of predominately African-American drug users. Specifically, we were interested in examining the differences in structure of the networks and drug and sexual risk partners within the network," investigators in the United States report. "Data came from 481 male participants who reported having >= 1 sex partner in the past 90 days. MSM were defined as having sex with a male. Data on social network composition were collected using a Social Network Inventory. Of 481 men, 7% (n = 32) were categorised as MSM....
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-01-13)
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