J J Potterat

Summary

Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Partner referral tools and techniques for the clinician diagnosing a sexually transmitted infection
    John J Potterat
    Int J STD AIDS 18:293-6. 2007
  2. ncbi Sexual network structure as an indicator of epidemic phase
    J J Potterat
    STD HIV Programs, El Paso County Department of Health and Environment, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80910, USA
    Sex Transm Infect 78:i152-8. 2002
  3. ncbi Risk network structure in the early epidemic phase of HIV transmission in Colorado Springs
    J J Potterat
    STD HIV Program, El Paso County Department of Health and Environment, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80910, USA
    Sex Transm Infect 78:i159-63. 2002
  4. ncbi AIDS epidemiology in Africa: a changing of the guard
    J J Potterat
    Colorado Springs, CO, USA
    Int J STD AIDS 20:812-5. 2009
  5. ncbi A passage to India's HIV epidemics: sending out an SOS
    John J Potterat
    Int J STD AIDS 17:718-9. 2006
  6. ncbi Blind spots in the epidemiology of HIV in black Americans
    John J Potterat
    Int J STD AIDS 19:1-3. 2008
  7. ncbi Birds of a feather: using a rotational box plot to assess ascertainment bias
    S Q Muth
    El Paso County Department of Health and Environment, Colorado Springs, CO 80910 3123, USA
    Int J Epidemiol 29:899-904. 2000
  8. ncbi HIV epidemicity in context of STI declines: a telling discordance
    J J Potterat
    Colorado Springs, USA
    Sex Transm Infect 78:467. 2002
  9. ncbi HIV partner notification in the United States: a national survey of program coverage and outcomes
    Matthew R Golden
    Division of Infectious Diseases and the Center for AIDS and STD, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98104, USA
    Sex Transm Dis 31:709-12. 2004
  10. ncbi Running on empty: sexual co-factors are insufficient to fuel Africa's turbocharged HIV epidemic
    David Gisselquist
    Hershey, PA 17033, USA
    Int J STD AIDS 15:442-52. 2004

Detail Information

Publications54

  1. ncbi Partner referral tools and techniques for the clinician diagnosing a sexually transmitted infection
    John J Potterat
    Int J STD AIDS 18:293-6. 2007
    ..Successful referral to medical attention has been shown to help prevent re-infection of the index patient and to curtail community transmission...
  2. ncbi Sexual network structure as an indicator of epidemic phase
    J J Potterat
    STD HIV Programs, El Paso County Department of Health and Environment, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80910, USA
    Sex Transm Infect 78:i152-8. 2002
    ..These observations accord with intuitive and stochastic predictions...
  3. ncbi Risk network structure in the early epidemic phase of HIV transmission in Colorado Springs
    J J Potterat
    STD HIV Program, El Paso County Department of Health and Environment, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80910, USA
    Sex Transm Infect 78:i159-63. 2002
    ..The results suggest that a combined dendritic and cyclic structural network pattern is associated with low to moderate HIV propagation in Colorado Springs, and may account for the absence of intense propagation of the virus...
  4. ncbi AIDS epidemiology in Africa: a changing of the guard
    J J Potterat
    Colorado Springs, CO, USA
    Int J STD AIDS 20:812-5. 2009
    ....
  5. ncbi A passage to India's HIV epidemics: sending out an SOS
    John J Potterat
    Int J STD AIDS 17:718-9. 2006
    ..Contenders for leading roles in HIV transmission are under-suspected and unmeasured skin-puncturing exposures...
  6. ncbi Blind spots in the epidemiology of HIV in black Americans
    John J Potterat
    Int J STD AIDS 19:1-3. 2008
    ..Appropriate prevention strategies depend critically on direct, rather than ecologic, evidence...
  7. ncbi Birds of a feather: using a rotational box plot to assess ascertainment bias
    S Q Muth
    El Paso County Department of Health and Environment, Colorado Springs, CO 80910 3123, USA
    Int J Epidemiol 29:899-904. 2000
    ..In a previously reported study of heterosexuals at elevated risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), traditional methods suggested distributional differences in the demographic characteristics of participants and non-participants...
  8. ncbi HIV epidemicity in context of STI declines: a telling discordance
    J J Potterat
    Colorado Springs, USA
    Sex Transm Infect 78:467. 2002
  9. ncbi HIV partner notification in the United States: a national survey of program coverage and outcomes
    Matthew R Golden
    Division of Infectious Diseases and the Center for AIDS and STD, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98104, USA
    Sex Transm Dis 31:709-12. 2004
    ..The objective of this study was to define the scope and case-finding success of HIV partner notification (PN) in the United States...
  10. ncbi Running on empty: sexual co-factors are insufficient to fuel Africa's turbocharged HIV epidemic
    David Gisselquist
    Hershey, PA 17033, USA
    Int J STD AIDS 15:442-52. 2004
    ....
  11. ncbi Randomized trial of supplementary interviewing techniques to enhance recall of sexual partners in contact interviews
    Devon D Brewer
    Interdisciplinary Scientific Research, Seattle, Washington 98115, USA
    Sex Transm Dis 32:189-93. 2005
    ..CONCLUSION: Elicitation of sex partners can be enhanced in contact interviews with simple interviewing techniques, resulting in improved network ascertainment and sexually transmitted disease case finding...
  12. ncbi Social and geographic distance in HIV risk
    Richard Rothenberg
    Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, USA
    Sex Transm Dis 32:506-12. 2005
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  13. ncbi Impact of sexual networks on risk for gonorrhea and chlamydia among low-income urban African American adolescents
    Jonathan M Ellen
    Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    J Pediatr 146:518-22. 2005
    ..To determine whether African American adolescents, whose recent sex partners reported having another sex partner, are at increased risk for exposure to genital chlamydial infection or gonorrhea...
  14. ncbi HIV epidemiology in Africa: weak variables and tendentiousness generate wobbly conclusions
    Stuart Brody
    PLoS Med 2:e137; author reply e147. 2005
  15. ncbi Using gay men's sexual networks to reduce sexually transmitted disease (STD)/human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission
    Dan Wohlfeiler
    California Department of Health Services, Sexually Transmitted Diseases STD Control Branch, Oakland, California 94612, USA
    Sex Transm Dis 32:S48-52. 2005
    ..Network-level interventions are particularly well suited for places such as commercial sex venues and Internet sites where gay and bisexual men meet new sexual partners...
  16. ncbi The protective effect of male circumcision as a faith lift for the troubled paradigm of HIV epidemiology in sub-Saharan Africa
    John J Potterat
    PLoS Med 3:e64; author reply e67. 2006
  17. ncbi Agreement in reported sexual partnership dates and implications for measuring concurrency
    Devon D Brewer
    Interdisciplinary Scientific Research, Seattle, Washington 98115, USA
    Sex Transm Dis 33:277-83. 2006
    ..Data designed for the purpose and analyzed with adequate attention to the statistical and epidemiologic issues of assessing concurrency are needed...
  18. ncbi Partner notification for HIV and STD in the United States: low coverage for gonorrhea, chlamydial infection, and HIV
    Matthew R Golden
    Division of Infectious Diseases and the Center for AIDS and STD, University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, Box 359777, 325 9th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
    Sex Transm Dis 30:490-6. 2003
    ..Little is known about the scope of current public health partner-notification (PN) activities in the United States...
  19. ncbi Disconnects in presumed heterosexual HIV transmission in Malawi
    Devon D Brewer
    AIDS 22:1377; author reply 1378-9. 2008
  20. ncbi Review of evidence from risk factor analyses associating HIV infection in African adults with medical injections and multiple sexual partners
    David Gisselquist
    Int J STD AIDS 15:222-33. 2004
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  21. ncbi Confound it: latent lessons from the Mwanza trial of STD treatment to reduce HIV transmission
    David Gisselquist
    Int J STD AIDS 14:179-84. 2003
    ..To control for confound, additional data and analyses from the Mwanza study are warranted...
  22. ncbi Heterosexual transmission of HIV in Africa: an empiric estimate
    David Gisselquist
    Int J STD AIDS 14:162-73. 2003
    ..These findings call for reconceptualization of research to more accurately assess routes of HIV transmission...
  23. ncbi Mortality in a long-term open cohort of prostitute women
    John J Potterat
    El Paso County Department of Health and Environment, Colorado Springs, CO, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 159:778-85. 2004
    ..7 (95% CI: 6.2, 29.3). Deaths from acquired immunodeficiency syndrome occurred exclusively among prostitutes who admitted to injecting drug use or were inferred to have a history of it...
  24. ncbi Research design determines what can be known about modes of HIV transmission
    Devon D Brewer
    AIDS 20:1208-9; author reply 1209. 2006
  25. ncbi Efficiency of human immunodeficiency virus transmission through injections and other medical procedures: evidence, estimates, and unfinished business
    David Gisselquist
    Independent Consultant, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 27:944-52. 2006
    ..To estimate the transmission efficiency of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) through medical injections and other invasive procedures...
  26. ncbi Data-free modeling of HIV transmission in Sub-Saharan Africa
    Devon D Brewer
    Sex Transm Dis 34:54-6; author reply 57-8. 2007
  27. ncbi Male and female circumcision associated with prevalent HIV infection in virgins and adolescents in Kenya, Lesotho, and Tanzania
    Devon D Brewer
    Interdisciplinary Scientific Research, Seattle, WA 98115, USA via www interscientific net contact html
    Ann Epidemiol 17:217-26. 2007
    ..We assessed the relation between male and female circumcision (genital cutting) and prevalent HIV infection in Kenyan, Lesothoan, and Tanzanian virgins and adolescents...
  28. ncbi Converging evidence suggests nonsexual HIV transmission among adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa
    Devon D Brewer
    J Adolesc Health 40:290-1; author reply 291-3. 2007
  29. ncbi Association of HIV infection with poor genital hygiene and medical treatment for prior serious illness suggests iatrogenic transmission
    Stuart Brody
    J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 44:365-6; author reply 366. 2007
  30. ncbi Male circumcision in HIV prevention
    Devon D Brewer
    Lancet 369:1597; author reply 1598-9. 2007
  31. ncbi Let it be sexual: how health care transmission of AIDS in Africa was ignored
    David Gisselquist
    Int J STD AIDS 14:148-61. 2003
    ..We urge renewed, evidence-based, investigations into the proportion of African HIV from non-sexual exposures...
  32. ncbi Investigating iatrogenic HIV transmission in Ugandan children
    Devon D Brewer
    J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 45:253-4. 2007
  33. ncbi Valid evaluation of iatrogenic and sexual HIV transmission requires proof
    Devon D Brewer
    AIDS 21:2556-7; author reply 2558-9. 2007
  34. ncbi Mounting anomalies in the epidemiology of HIV in Africa: cry the beloved paradigm
    Devon D Brewer
    University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
    Int J STD AIDS 14:144-7. 2003
  35. ncbi Disease intervention specialists as a corps, not corpse
    John J Potterat
    Sex Transm Dis 35:703. 2008
  36. ncbi Gonorrhea surveillance: the missing links
    Richard Rothenberg
    Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
    Sex Transm Dis 29:806-10. 2002
  37. ncbi Miscarriage of HIV epidemiology in sub-Saharan Africa
    John J Potterat
    AIDS 20:955-6; author reply 956-8. 2006
  38. ncbi Evidence of iatrogenic HIV transmission in children in South Africa
    Stuart Brody
    Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioural Neurobiology, , Germany
    BJOG 110:450-2. 2003
  39. ncbi HIV transmission during paediatric health care in sub-Saharan Africa--risks and evidence
    David Gisselquist
    Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioural Neurobiology, , Germany
    S Afr Med J 94:109-16. 2004
    ..Research is required to determine the extent of iatrogenic HIV infection among African children as well as to identify high-risk procedures and settings. Such research can motivate and direct prevention efforts...
  40. ncbi Still not understanding the uneven spread of HIV within Africa
    John J Potterat
    Sex Transm Dis 31:365. 2004
  41. ncbi Does selected ecological evidence give a true picture of HIV transmission in Africa?
    David Gisselquist
    Hershey, PA 17033, USA
    Int J STD AIDS 15:434-9. 2004
    ..We commend the emerging consensus to improve the safety of health care delivery. In countries with generalized HIV epidemics, we urge public education about the risks for HIV acquisition from unsterile health care...
  42. ncbi Establishing valid AIDS monitoring and research in countries with generalized epidemics
    Stuart Brody
    Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioural Neurobiology, University of Tubingen, Germany
    Int J STD AIDS 15:1-6. 2004
    ..Multimethod approaches for developing sound HIV/AIDS research are presented...
  43. ncbi Autoinoculation of human papillomavirus and vaginal transmission of human immunodeficiency virus: an appeal for rigorous verification
    Stuart Brody
    Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, , Germany
    Sex Transm Dis 31:65-6. 2004
  44. ncbi Four policies to reduce HIV transmission through unsterile health care
    David Gisselquist
    Int J STD AIDS 14:717-22. 2003
    ..3) Promote safe health care practices equally for clients and staff. (4) Establish a zero-tolerance policy for iatrogenic HIV infections, with publicly reported monitoring and investigations...
  45. ncbi [A neglected relationship: iatrogenic transmission of HIV in Africa]
    Francois Vachon
    Presse Med 32:1205-7. 2003
  46. ncbi Assessing the role of anal intercourse in the epidemiology of AIDS in Africa
    Stuart Brody
    Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tubingen, Germany
    Int J STD AIDS 14:431-6. 2003
    ....
  47. ncbi Psychiatric and characterological factors relevant to excess mortality in a long-term cohort of prostitute women
    Stuart Brody
    Institute for Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tubingen, Germany
    J Sex Marital Ther 31:97-112. 2005
    ..We observed consistency between the observed pattern of mortality in prostitute women and mortality that would be expected in a sample of persons at high risk for antisocial and borderline personality disorder...
  48. ncbi Estimating female-to-male infectivity of HIV-1 in Kenya: potential threats to validity
    John J Potterat
    J Infect Dis 191:2154-5; author reply 2155-6. 2005
  49. ncbi Uncontrolled herpes simplex virus-2 as a cofactor in HIV transmission
    David Gisselquist
    J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 33:119-20. 2003
  50. ncbi Active detection of men with asymptomatic chlamydial or gonorrhoeal urethritis
    John J Potterat
    Int J STD AIDS 16:458. 2005
  51. ncbi The algebra of condoms and abstinence
    Richard Rothenberg
    Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
    Sex Transm Dis 32:252-4. 2005
  52. ncbi Questioning Wawer et al.'s estimated rate of sexual HIV transmission from persons with early HIV infections
    David Gisselquist
    J Infect Dis 192:1497-9; author reply 1499-1500. 2005
  53. ncbi Partner notification for HIV: running out of excuses
    John J Potterat
    Sex Transm Dis 30:89-90. 2003
  54. ncbi AIDS in Africa
    David Gisselquist
    Lancet 360:1422-3; author reply 1423-4. 2002