The Concurrency Hypothesis in Sub-Saharan Africa: Convincing Empirical Evidence is Still Lacking. Response to Mah and Halperin, Epstein, and Morris

Affiliations

¹ Department of Community Health, International Health Institute, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 121 S. Main Street, Room 221, Providence, RI 02912, USA.

Mark N Lurie et al. AIDS Behav. 2010 Feb.

. 2010 Feb;14(1):34.

doi: 10.1007/s10461-009-9640-0.

¹ Department of Community Health, International Health Institute, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 121 S. Main Street, Room 221, Providence, RI 02912, USA.

No abstract available

Cited by

Reciprocal sex partner concurrency and STDs among heterosexuals at high-risk of HIV infection.
Neaigus A, Jenness SM, Hagan H, Murrill CS, Wendel T. Neaigus A, et al. J Urban Health. 2013 Oct;90(5):902-14. doi: 10.1007/s11524-012-9727-1. J Urban Health. 2013. PMID: 22729473 Free PMC article.
The reliability of sexual partnership histories: implications for the measurement of partnership concurrency during surveys.
Helleringer S, Kohler HP, Kalilani-Phiri L, Mkandawire J, Armbruster B. Helleringer S, et al. AIDS. 2011 Feb 20;25(4):503-11. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3283434485. AIDS. 2011. PMID: 21139490 Free PMC article.
An association between neighbourhood wealth inequality and HIV prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa.
Brodish PH. Brodish PH. J Biosoc Sci. 2015 May;47(3):311-28. doi: 10.1017/S0021932013000709. Epub 2014 Jan 9. J Biosoc Sci. 2015. PMID: 24406021 Free PMC article.
Sexual Partnership Patterns Among South African Adolescent Girls Enrolled in HPTN [corrected] 068: Measurement Challenges and Implications for HIV/STI Transmission.
Nguyen NL, Powers KA, Hughes JP, MacPhail CL, Piwowar-Manning E, Patel EU, Gomez-Olive FX, Kahn K, Pettifor AE. Nguyen NL, et al. Sex Transm Dis. 2015 Nov;42(11):612-8. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000357. Sex Transm Dis. 2015. PMID: 26462185 Free PMC article.
Measuring and modelling concurrency.
Sawers L. Sawers L. J Int AIDS Soc. 2013 Feb 12;16(1):17431. doi: 10.7448/IAS.16.1.17431. J Int AIDS Soc. 2013. PMID: 23406964 Free PMC article. Review.

1. Abu-Raddad LJ, Longini IM. No HIV stage is dominant in driving the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa. AIDS. 2008;22(9):1055–61. - PubMed
1. Caraël M. Sexual behaviour. In: Cleland JG, Ferry B, editors. Sexual behaviour and AIDS in the developing world. Taylor & Francis, World Health Organization; London: 1995.
1. Epstein H. The mathematics of concurrent partnerships in Africa's HIV epidemics: a response to Lurie and Rosenthal. AIDS Behav. 2009 Epub ahead of print. doi:10.1007/s10461-009-9627-x. - PubMed
1. Halperin D, Epstein H. Concurrent sexual partnerships help to explain Africa's high HIV prevalence: implications for prevention. Lancet. 2004;364(9428):4–6. - PubMed
1. Hollingsworth TD, Anderson RM, Fraser C. HIV-1 transmission, by stage of infection. J Infect Dis. 2008;198(5):687–93. - PubMed