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| S O AralSummaryAffiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Country: USA Publications
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Drivers of STD/HIV epidemiology and the timing and targets of STD/HIV preventionSevgi O Aral
Division of Sexually Transmitted Disease, National Centers for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop E02, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Sex Transm Infect 83:i1-4. 2007
Non-monogamy: risk factor for STI transmission and acquisition and determinant of STI spread in populationsSevgi O Aral
Division of Sexually Transmitted Disease, The National Center for HIV AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Sex Transm Infect 86:iii29-36. 2010..This study describes the levels, distribution and correlates of non-monogamy, partners' non-monogamy and mutual non-monogamy among adult men and women in the USA...
Sexually transmitted diseases in the USA: temporal trendsSevgi O Aral
Division of Sexually Transmitted Disease, National Centers for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Sex Transm Infect 83:257-66. 2007..This paper reviews the temporal trends in sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and discusses the factors affecting the epidemiology of bacterial STDs...- Sex work in Tallinn, Estonia: the sociospatial penetration of sex work into societyS O Aral
Division of Sexually Transmitted Disease, National Centers for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop E02, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Sex Transm Infect 82:348-53. 2006.... - Sexually transmitted infections and HIV in the southern United States: an overviewSevgi O Aral
Division of STD Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Sex Transm Dis 33:S1-5. 2006 - Temporal trends in sexual behaviors and sexually transmitted disease history among 18- to 39-year-old Seattle, Washington, residents: results of random digit-dial surveysSevgi O Aral
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Sex Transm Dis 32:710-7. 2005..The objectives of this study were to describe sexual behaviors of Seattle residents in 2003-2004 and report changes since 1995... - Modern day influences on sexual behaviorSevgi O Aral
Division of STD Prevention, National Centers for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Mailstop E 02, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Infect Dis Clin North Am 19:297-309. 2005..quot; Changes in sexual norms, relationships, abuse, and mental health are better understood in the context of this broad political background... - Social and behavioral determinants of sexually transmitted disease: scientific and technologic advances, demography, and the global political economySevgi O Aral
Department of Science, Division of STD Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Sex Transm Dis 33:698-702. 2006 - Partner Concurrency and the STD/HIV EpidemicSevgi O Aral
Division of STD Prevention, The National Center for HIV AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop E 02, Atlanta, GA, 30333, USA
Curr Infect Dis Rep 12:134-9. 2010..The recommendations developed at this meeting include suggestions for a definition, indicators, and measures of concurrency... - Sexually transmitted diseases: magnitude, determinants and consequencesS O Aral
Division of STD Prevention, Centers for Disease Control, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, M/S-E02, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Int J STD AIDS 12:211-5. 2001.... - Determinants of STD epidemics: implications for phase appropriate intervention strategiesS O Aral
Division of STD Prevention, CDC, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Sex Transm Infect 78:i3-13. 2002..Globalised STD epidemics could pose a major challenge to local public health systems... - Sex work, drug use, HIV infection, and spread of sexually transmitted infections in Moscow, Russian FederationA Shakarishvili
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Lancet 366:57-60. 2005.... - Understanding and responding to disparities in HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in African AmericansSevgi O Aral
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Lancet 372:337-40. 2008 - The distribution of chlamydia, gonorrhoea and syphilis cases across states and counties in the USA, 2007Harrell W Chesson
Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Sex Transm Infect 86:iii52-57. 2010..To examine the distribution of chlamydia, gonorrhoea and syphilis in the USA through the use of Lorenz curves and Gini coefficients... - Responding to the epidemics of syphilis among men who have sex with men: introduction to the special issueThomas A Peterman
CDC, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Sex Transm Dis 32:S1-3. 2005 - Changes in the state-level distribution of primary and secondary syphilis in the USA, 1985-2007Harrell W Chesson
Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Sex Transm Infect 86:iii58-62. 2010..To examine changes over time in the distribution of primary and secondary syphilis cases across states, using Lorenz curves and Gini coefficients... - Social capital and rates of gonorrhea and syphilis in the United States: spatial regression analyses of state-level associationsSalaam Semaan
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Soc Sci Med 64:2324-41. 2007.... - The efficacy of behavioral interventions in reducing HIV risk sex behaviors and incident sexually transmitted disease in black and Hispanic sexually transmitted disease clinic patients in the United States: a meta-analytic reviewNicole Crepaz
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Sex Transm Dis 34:319-32. 2007..Identifying efficacious interventions for blacks and Hispanics is urgently needed because these 2 groups are disproportionately affected by the HIV/STD epidemics... - Prevalence of circumcision and herpes simplex virus type 2 infection in men in the United States: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 1999-2004Fujie Xu
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Sex Transm Dis 34:479-84. 2007..To study the prevalence of circumcision in the United States and to examine the association between circumcision and herpes simplex virus Type 2 (HSV-2) infection... - The concentration of sexual behaviours in the USA: a closer examination of subpopulationsJami S Leichliter
Division of STD Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road MS E 44, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Sex Transm Infect 86:iii45-51. 2010..To examine the frequency of three sexual behaviours from the most active to the least active members of the population in various subpopulations using measures of inequality... - Prevalence and correlates of heterosexual anal and oral sex in adolescents and adults in the United StatesJami S Leichliter
Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Infect Dis 196:1852-9. 2007..We examined the correlates of heterosexual anal and oral sex in the general population, using data from the National Survey of Family Growth... - Decreasing age disparities in syphilis and gonorrhea incidence rates in the United States, 1981--2005Harrell W Chesson
Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Sex Transm Dis 35:393-7. 2008..Although the disparity in STD rates across age groups is well documented, changes in the degree of disparity in STD rates across age groups over time have not been examined in detail... - Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2010Kimberly A Workowski
Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
MMWR Recomm Rep 59:1-110. 2010.... - Disproportionate impact of sexually transmitted diseases on womenSevgi O Aral
Division of STD Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 10:2029-30. 2004 - Commercial sex work, drug use, and sexually transmitted infections in St. Petersburg, RussiaSevgi O Aral
Division of STD Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, Mailstop E02, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Soc Sci Med 60:2181-90. 2005..Sexual history taking to better characterize the proportion of cases that result from sex between male partners would also be helpful... - AIDS mortality may have contributed to the decline in syphilis rates in the United States in the 1990sHarrell W Chesson
Division of STD Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Sex Transm Dis 30:419-24. 2003.... - Divorce and sexual risk among U.S. women: findings from the national survey of family growthNicole Liddon
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Centers for HIV, Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of STD Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 19:1963-7. 2010..We elucidate differences in sexual risk among divorced and never married women... - The impact of inaccurate reporting of condom use and imperfect diagnosis of sexually transmitted disease infection in studies of condom effectiveness: a simulation-based assessmentOwen J Devine
National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention, Office of the Director, Mail Stop E 87, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Sex Transm Dis 31:588-95. 2004..We assessed the potential magnitude of bias in condom effectiveness studies resulting from inaccurate reporting of condom use behavior and misdiagnosis of STD infection status... - Advances in multilevel approaches to understanding the epidemiology and prevention of sexually transmitted infections and HIV: an overviewSevgi O Aral
Division of STD Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Infect Dis 191:S1-6. 2005 - Sexuality education policies and sexually transmitted disease rates in the United States of AmericaM Hogben
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Int J STD AIDS 21:293-7. 2010..Having no abstinence education policy has no apparent effect on STD rates for adolescents. For states with elevated rates, policies mandating coverage may be useful, although policies emphasizing abstinence show no benefit... - Sexual risk behaviour and infection: epidemiological considerationsS O Aral
Division of STD Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Sex Transm Infect 80:ii8-12. 2004 - Sexually transmitted disease clinic clients at risk for subsequent gonorrhea and chlamydia infections: possible 'core' transmittersR A Gunn
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Sex Transm Dis 27:343-9. 2000..From an sexually transmitted disease (STD) intervention perspective, developing a practical way to identify persons in core transmitter groups has been difficult. However, persons who have repeated STD infections may be in such groups... - What you can learn from Internet sex study. CDC official discusses alarming new trendSevgi O Aral
Division of STD Prevention, CDC, USA
AIDS Alert 19:140-1. 2004..Q & A with Sevgi O. Aral, from the Division of STD Prevention with the CDC... - The ecology of sex work and drug use in Saratov Oblast, RussiaSevgi O Aral
Division of STD Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, M/S-E02, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Sex Transm Dis 29:798-805. 2002.... - The social organization of commercial sex work in Moscow, RussiaSevgi O Aral
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Sex Transm Dis 30:39-45. 2003..Sex work in Moscow has great potential for disseminating STIs throughout Russia and beyond. Understanding of these issues may enhance the impact of STI prevention programs... - Social determinants of HIV infection in the Deep SouthIrene A Doherty
Am J Public Health 97:391; author reply 391-2. 2007 - A stratified approach to untangling the behavioral/biomedical outcomes conundrumSevgi O Aral
Sex Transm Dis 29:530-2. 2002 - Influence of study population on the identification of risk factors for sexually transmitted diseases using a case-control design: the example of gonorrheaLisa E Manhart
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98104, USA
Am J Epidemiol 160:393-402. 2004..9). Risk factors identified in STD clinics will probably be confirmed in a general population sample, despite overcontrolling for shared behaviors; however, factors associated with both disease and STD clinic attendance may be missed... - Spatial mixing and bridging: risk factors for what?Sevgi O Aral
Sex Transm Dis 30:750-1. 2003 - "It takes a village": understanding concurrent sexual partnerships in Seattle, WashingtonPamina M Gorbach
University of California, Los Angeles, California 900095 1772, USA
Sex Transm Dis 29:453-62. 2002..Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are efficiently spread via concurrent partnerships... - Gap length: an important factor in sexually transmitted disease transmissionJulie R Kraut-Becher
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA
Sex Transm Dis 30:221-5. 2003..Sexually transmitted disease (STD) transmission may occur if the time between dissolution and formation of sex partnerships, the gap, is shorter than mean duration of infectivity of STDs... - Measures of sexual partnerships: lengths, gaps, overlaps, and sexually transmitted infectionBetsy Foxman
Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 2029, USA
Sex Transm Dis 33:209-14. 2006..We describe the distributions of gaps, lengths, and overlaps among participants in a random-digit dialing survey conducted among 1194 Seattle residents during 2003-2004... - Just one more day: the gap as population level determinant and risk factor for STI spreadSevgi O Aral
Sex Transm Dis 35:445-6. 2008 - Common use in the general population of sexual enrichment AIDS and drugs to enhance sexual experienceBetsy Foxman
Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, 48109 2029, USA
Sex Transm Dis 33:156-62. 2006..We describe the prevalence of ever and current use of sexual enrichment aids and of using drugs to enhance the sexual experience, and correlates of that usage... - Patterns of sex worker-client contacts and their implications for the persistence of sexually transmitted infectionsAzra C Ghani
Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
J Infect Dis 191:S34-41. 2005..The size of the SW population (relative to the total population) was found to be most important in determining the overall prevalence of infection... - Determinants and consequences of sexual networks as they affect the spread of sexually transmitted infectionsIrene A Doherty
Center for Reproductive Health Research and Policy, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
J Infect Dis 191:S42-54. 2005.... - Measuring sex partner concurrency: it's what's missing that countsSara J Nelson
Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Sex Transm Dis 34:801-7. 2007..Sex partner concurrency is an important determinant of STI transmission dynamics, yet its measurement is not standardized... - Sex partner concurrency: measurement, prevalence, and correlates among urban 18-39-year-oldsLisa E Manhart
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Sex Transm Dis 29:133-43. 2002..19), and STD diagnoses during relationship (OR, 2.68; 95% CI, 1.42-5.07). CONCLUSIONS: Concurrency was independently associated with individual STD risk. Sex differences may reflect true behavioral differences or differential reporting... - Correlates of gonorrhoea among African Americans in North CarolinaIrene A Doherty
Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Int J STD AIDS 18:114-7. 2007..STD screening is warranted upon entry to treatment facilities for substance abuse or correctional facilities... - Anticipating outbreaks: a prevention role for integrated information systemsSinan K Aral
Harvard University Kennedy School of Government and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, USA
Sex Transm Dis 29:6-12. 2002 - Mental health: a powerful predictor of sexual health?Sevgi O Aral
Sex Transm Dis 31:13-4. 2004