title: Sexual networks: implications for the transmission of sexually transmitted infections.
abstract: The structures of sexual networks are essential for understanding the dynamics of sexually transmitted infections. Standard epidemiological models largely disregard the complex patterns of intimate contacts. Social network analysis offers important insight into how to conceptualize and model social interaction and has the potential to greatly enhance the understanding of disease epidemics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, 171 82 Solna, Sweden.
authors.forename: Fredrik
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Liljeros
authors.forename: Christofer R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Edling
authors.forename: Luis A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Nunes Amaral
mesh_terms: D016358:Contact Tracing; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012747:Sexual Partners; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*