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A network-level explanation for the differences in HIV prevalence in South Africa's racial groups

Chris Kenyon Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Observatory, 7925, Cape Town, South Africa
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Sipho Dlamini Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Observatory, 7925, Cape Town, South Africa
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Andrew Boulle School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Observatory, 7925, Cape Town, South Africa
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Richard G White London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, United Kingdom
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Motasim Badri Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Observatory, 7925, Cape Town, South Africa
Pages 243-254 | Published online: 08 Apr 2010

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Chris R. Kenyon, Kara Osbak, Jozefien Buyze, Saul Johnson & Jacques van Lankveld. (2015) Variations of Sexual Scripts Relating to Concurrency by Race, Class, and Gender in South Africa. The Journal of Sex Research 52:8, pages 878-886.
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Chris Kenyon & Robert Colebunders. (2015) Correlates of concurrency among young people in Carletonville, South Africa. SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS 12:1, pages 51-58.
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Albert O. Harris, Katharine A. Atwood, Stephen B. Kennedy, Curtis H. Taylor, Jemee K. Tegli, Ernlee M. Barbu, Prince M. Korvah, Comfort Mulbah-Kamara, Fulton Q. Shannon & Stephen R. Shamblen. (2014) Correlates of condom use with “main” and “concurrent” sex partners among urban youth in post-conflict Liberia. Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies 9:1, pages 86-96.
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Chris Kenyon. (2013) Ecological association between HIV and concurrency point-prevalence in South Africa's ethnic groups. African Journal of AIDS Research 12:2, pages 79-84.
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Roxanne Beauclair, Reshma Kassanjee, Marleen Temmerman, Alex Welte & Wim Delva. (2012) Age-disparate relationships and implications for STI transmission among young adults in Cape Town, South Africa. The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care 17:1, pages 30-39.
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Koen Stroeken, Pieter Remes, Petra De Koker, Kristien Michielsen, Anke Van Vossole & Marleen Temmerman. (2012) HIV among out-of-school youth in Eastern and Southern Africa: a review. AIDS Care 24:2, pages 186-194.
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Chris Kenyon & Sizwe Zondo. (2011) Why do some South African ethnic groups have very high HIV rates and others not?. African Journal of AIDS Research 10:1, pages 51-62.
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Hongwei Xu, Nancy Luke & Eliya Msiyaphazi Zulu. (2010) Concurrent sexual partnerships among youth in urban Kenya: Prevalence and partnership effects. Population Studies 64:3, pages 247-261.
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Chris Kenyon, Andrew Boulle, Motasim Badri & Valerie Asselman. (2010) “I don't use a condom (with my regular partner) because I know that I'm faithful, but with everyone else I do”: The cultural and socioeconomic determinants of sexual partner concurrency in young South Africans. SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS 7:3, pages 35-43.
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Robert Thornton. (2009) Sexual networks and social capital: multiple and concurrent sexual partnerships as a rational response to unstable social networks. African Journal of AIDS Research 8:4, pages 413-421.
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Meredith Evans, Brendan Maughan-Brown, Nompumelelo Zungu & Gavin George. (2017) HIV Prevalence and ART Use Among Men in Partnerships with 15–29 Year Old Women in South Africa: HIV Risk Implications for Young Women in Age-Disparate Partnerships. AIDS and Behavior 21:8, pages 2533-2542.
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Chris R. Kenyon, Achilleas Tsoumanis & Ilan Steven Schwartz. (2016) A population's higher-risk sexual behaviour is associated with its average sexual behaviour—An ecological analysis of subpopulations in Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda and the United States. Epidemics 15, pages 56-65.
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Chris R. Kenyon, Achilleas Tsoumanis, Ilan S. Schwartz & Brendan Maughan-Brown. (2016) Partner concurrency and HIV infection risk in South Africa. International Journal of Infectious Diseases 45, pages 81-87.
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Chris Kenyon, Robert Colebunders, Sipho Dlamini, Herman Meulemans & Sizwe Zondo. (2016) A Critical Appraisal of the Ideology of Monogamy’s Influence on HIV Epidemiology. World Journal of AIDS 06:01, pages 16-26.
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Deven T. Hamilton & Martina Morris. (2015) The racial disparities in STI in the U.S.: Concurrency, STI prevalence, and heterogeneity in partner selection. Epidemics 11, pages 56-61.
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Roxanne Beauclair, Niel Hens & Wim Delva. (2015) Concurrent partnerships in Cape Town, South Africa: race and sex differences in prevalence and duration of overlap. Journal of the International AIDS Society 18:1, pages 19372.
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Chris Richard Kenyon & Kara Osbak. (2015) The Prevalence of Syphilis Is Associated with the Prevalence of Male Point-Concurrency: An Ecological Analysis. World Journal of AIDS 05:02, pages 131-139.
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Brendan Maughan-Brown, Chris Kenyon & Mark N. Lurie. (2014) Partner Age Differences and Concurrency in South Africa: Implications for HIV-Infection Risk Among Young Women. AIDS and Behavior 18:12, pages 2469-2476.
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Chris Richard Kenyon, Lung Vu, Joris Menten & Brendan Maughan-Brown. (2014) Male Circumcision and Sexual Risk Behaviors May Contribute to Considerable Ethnic Disparities in HIV Prevalence in Kenya: An Ecological Analysis. PLoS ONE 9:8, pages e106230.
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Chris R. Kenyon & Jozefien Buyze. (2014) Correlation between National Peak HIV Prevalence and Concurrency, STI Treatment Capability, Condom Use and Circumcision: An Ecological Study. World Journal of AIDS 04:02, pages 249-257.
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Chris R. Kenyon & Robert Colebunders. (2014) Strong association between the prevalence of bacterial vaginosis and male point-concurrency. European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology 172, pages 93-96.
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Chris Kenyon, Robert Colebunders, Anne Buve & Niel Hens. (2013) Partner-concurrency associated with herpes simplex virus 2 infection in young South Africans. International Journal of STD & AIDS 24:10, pages 804-812.
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Chris Kenyon, Jozefien Buyze & Robert Colebunders. (2013) HIV Prevalence by Race Co-Varies Closely with Concurrency and Number of Sex Partners in South Africa. PLoS ONE 8:5, pages e64080.
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C Kenyon, R Colebunders & N Hens. (2013) Determinants of generalized herpes simplex virus-2 epidemics: the role of sexual partner concurrency. International Journal of STD & AIDS 24:5, pages 375-382.
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C Kenyon & R Colebunders. (2013) Birds of a feather: homophily and sexual network structure in sub-Saharan Africa. International Journal of STD & AIDS 24:3, pages 211-215.
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Chris Kenyon & Robert Colebunders. (2012) Strong association between point-concurrency and national peak HIV prevalence. International Journal of Infectious Diseases 16:11, pages e826-e827.
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Chris Kenyon, Andrew Boulle, Robert Colebunders, Sipho Dlamini & Saul Johnson. (2012) A Tale Of Two Epidemics Within TWO Countries. Journal of Adolescent Health 50:2, pages 208-209.
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Wim Delva, Roxanne Beauclair, Alex Welte, Stijn Vansteelandt, Niel Hens, Marc Aerts, Elizabeth du Toit, Nulda Beyers & Marleen Temmerman. (2011) Age-disparity, sexual connectedness and HIV infection in disadvantaged communities around Cape Town, South Africa: a study protocol. BMC Public Health 11:1.
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Helen Epstein & Martina Morris. (2011) Concurrent partnerships and HIV: an inconvenient truth. Journal of the International AIDS Society 14:1, pages 13.
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Sevgi O. Aral. (2010) Partner Concurrency and the STD/HIV Epidemic. Current Infectious Disease Reports 12:2, pages 134-139.
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