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SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES
卷 31, 期 6, 页码 380-387出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200406000-00012
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Background: Sexually transmitted infections spread through a network of contacts created by the formation of sexual partnerships. In physics, networks have been characterized as scale-free if they follow a power law with an exponent between 2 and 3. Objective: The objective of this study was to test statistically whether distributions of numbers of sexual partners reported from different populations are well described by power laws. Study Design: Power laws and an exponential null model are fitted by maximum likelihood techniques to reported distributions of numbers of partners. Data are taken from 4 population-based surveys, 3 from Britain and I from rural Zimbabwe. Results: The networks can be described by power laws over a number of orders of magnitude. In addition, the derived exponents differ significantly and meaningfully, with an accelerating network formed between men who have sex with men (MSM). Conclusions: A scale-free network approach provides a reasonable description of distributions of reported numbers of sexual partners.
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