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Concurrent sexual partnerships among African Americans in the rural southAdaora A Adimora
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7030, USA
Ann Epidemiol 14:155-60. 2004..To investigate concurrent sexual partnerships among heterosexual African Americans, 18 to 59 years old, in rural North Carolina...- Concurrent sexual partnerships among women in the United StatesAdaora A Adimora
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7030, USA
Epidemiology 13:320-7. 2002..One important factor may be concurrent sexual partnerships (relationships that overlap in time), which can transmit STIs more rapidly through a population than does sequential monogamy... 
Concurrent sexual partnerships among men in the United StatesAdaora A Adimora
School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7030, USA
Am J Public Health 97:2230-7. 2007..We sought to determine the prevalence, distribution, and correlates of US men's involvement in concurrent sexual partnerships, a sexual network pattern that speeds population dissemination of HIV...- HIV and African Americans in the southern United States: sexual networks and social contextAdaora A Adimora
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7030, USA
Sex Transm Dis 33:S39-45. 2006..Concurrent partnerships and bridge populations have emerged as key elements in the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs)... 
Ending the epidemic of heterosexual HIV transmission among African AmericansAdaora A Adimora
School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7030, USA
Am J Prev Med 37:468-71. 2009..The African-American HIV epidemic constitutes a national crisis whose successful resolution will require modifying the social and economic systems, structures, and processes that facilitate HIV transmission in this population...- Heterosexually transmitted HIV infection among African Americans in North CarolinaAdaora A Adimora
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB 7030 Bioinformatics Building, 130 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 41:616-23. 2006..Rates of heterosexually transmitted HIV infection among African Americans in the southeastern United States greatly exceed those for whites... - Concurrent partnerships, nonmonogamous partners, and substance use among women in the United StatesAdaora A Adimora
Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7030, USA
Am J Public Health 101:128-36. 2011..We determined the prevalence, distribution, and correlates of US women's involvement in concurrent sexual partnerships, a sexual-network pattern that speeds population-wide HIV dissemination... - Social context, sexual networks, and racial disparities in rates of sexually transmitted infectionsAdaora A Adimora
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
J Infect Dis 191:S115-22. 2005.... - Concurrent partnerships among rural African Americans with recently reported heterosexually transmitted HIV infectionAdaora A Adimora
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 34:423-9. 2003..To investigate concurrent sexual partnerships among African Americans in North Carolina with recently reported heterosexually transmitted HIV infection... - Structural interventions for HIV prevention in the United StatesAdaora A Adimora
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 55:S132-5. 2010..This article identifies some social determinants of HIV vulnerability in the United States and structural interventions to address them... - Contextual factors and the black-white disparity in heterosexual HIV transmissionAdaora A Adimora
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599, USA
Epidemiology 13:707-12. 2002.... - Treatment of uncomplicated genital Chlamydia trachomatis infections in adultsAdaora A Adimora
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7030, USA
Clin Infect Dis 35:S183-6. 2002..trachomatis infections... - Timing and duration of incarceration and high-risk sexual partnerships among African Americans in North CarolinaMaria R Khan
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Ann Epidemiol 18:403-10. 2008..Incarceration may contribute to HIV transmission by disrupting stable partnerships and promoting high-risk partnerships. We investigated incarceration and high-risk partnerships among African Americans in North Carolina... - Depression, sexually transmitted infection, and sexual risk behavior among young adults in the United StatesMaria R Khan
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 163:644-52. 2009..To measure associations among depression, sexual risk behaviors, and sexually transmitted infection (STI) among white and black youth in the United States... - Sexual networks, surveillance, and geographical space during syphilis outbreaks in rural North CarolinaIrene A Doherty
School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Epidemiology 23:845-51. 2012..We investigated how surveillance, sexual networks, and spatial bridges relate to each other for syphilis outbreaks in rural counties of North Carolina... - Sexual mixing patterns and heterosexual HIV transmission among African Americans in the southeastern United StatesIrene A Doherty
Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7030, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 52:114-20. 2009..HIV transmission is influenced by sexual network characteristics, including sexual partnership mixing patterns among subpopulations with different prevalences of infection... - Incarceration and high-risk sex partnerships among men in the United StatesMaria R Khan
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
J Urban Health 86:584-601. 2009.... - Incarceration and risky sexual partnerships in a southern US cityMaria R Khan
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, CB 7435, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA
J Urban Health 85:100-13. 2008..Correctional-facility and community-based HIV prevention, with substance abuse treatment, should reach currently and formerly incarcerated individuals and their sexual partners... - Condom use and duration of concurrent partnerships among men in the United StatesIrene A Doherty
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7030, USA
Sex Transm Dis 36:265-72. 2009..Concurrent partnerships accelerate dissemination of STIs. Most investigations of the features of concurrent partnerships have focused on higher risk subpopulations... - Concurrent partnerships among adolescents in a Latino community: the Mission District of San Francisco, CaliforniaIrene A Doherty
School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
Sex Transm Dis 34:437-43. 2007..Latino adolescents in the United States are disproportionately affected by sexually transmitted infections, yet knowledge of their sexual networks, particularly concurrent sex partners, is limited... - Dissolution of primary intimate relationships during incarceration and associations with post-release STI/HIV risk behavior in a Southeastern cityMaria R Khan
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
Sex Transm Dis 38:43-7. 2011..Incarceration is associated with sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). It may contribute to STI/HIV by disrupting primary intimate relationships that protect against high-risk partnerships... - Dissolution of primary intimate relationships during incarceration and implications for post-release HIV transmissionMaria R Khan
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Maryland at College Park, College Park, MD, USA
J Urban Health 88:365-75. 2011..These findings point to the need for longitudinal research into the effects of incarceration-related sexual network disruption on post-release HIV transmission risk... - Comparison of sexual mixing patterns for syphilis in endemic and outbreak settingsIrene A Doherty
School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7030, USA
Sex Transm Dis 38:378-84. 2011..Sexual partnership mixing patterns are an important characteristic of sexual networks that relate to transmission dynamics of sexually transmitted infections (STIs)... - 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... - Disparities in routine physical examinations among in-school adolescents of differing Latino originsOlga L Sarmiento
Department of Epidemiology (O.L.S, W.C.M, V.J.S, A.A.A, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
J Adolesc Health 35:310-20. 2004..These differences should be considered when developing strategies to better address the health needs of Latino youth... - Trends in interventions to reduce perinatal human immunodeficiency virus type 1 transmission in North CarolinaSusan A Fiscus
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599 7140, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 21:664-8. 2002..We evaluated changes in the use of ART and mode of delivery among HIV positive pregnant women in North Carolina... - Sex with older partners is associated with primary HIV infection among men who have sex with men in North CarolinaChristopher B Hurt
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7030, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 54:185-90. 2010..We evaluated the hypothesized association between primary HIV infection (PHI) and having older sexual partners among men who have sex with men (MSM)... - HealthMpowerment.org: feasibility and acceptability of delivering an internet intervention to young Black men who have sex with menLisa B Hightow-Weidman
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, UNC School of Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
AIDS Care 24:910-20. 2012..Future trials, combining Internet and mobile phone technologies, are planned to test HMP among larger and more diverse populations of young BMSM... - Sexually active students' willingness to use school-based health centers for reproductive health care services in North CarolinaTamera Coyne-Beasley
University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7220, USA
Ambul Pediatr 3:196-202. 2003..We investigate sexually active students' willingness to seek these services at SBHCs if available and predictors of willingness to seek services... - Bacterial vaginosis and HIV acquisition: a meta-analysis of published studiesJulius Atashili
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7435, USA
AIDS 22:1493-501. 2008..To assess and summarize the published literature on the extent to which bacterial vaginosis may increase the risk of HIV acquisition... - High prevalence of cervical squamous intraepithelial lesions in women on antiretroviral therapy in Cameroon: Is targeted screening feasible?Julius Atashili
University of Buea, Cameroon
Cancer Epidemiol 36:263-9. 2012..We explored the potential for targeted screening by assessing the prevalence, severity and predictors of cervical squamous intra-epithelial lesions (SILs) in HIV-positive women in Cameroon... - Sexual bridging socially and over time: a simulation model exploring the relative effects of mixing and concurrency on viral sexually transmitted infection transmissionIrene A Doherty
School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 27599 7030, USA
Sex Transm Dis 33:368-73. 2006..e., bridging) occur through dissortative mixing and concurrent partnerships, yet the relative effects of these network patterns on population STI spread are poorly understood... - Coparenting and sexual partner concurrency among white, black, and Hispanic men in the United StatesEboni M Taylor
Department of Epidemiology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Sex Transm Dis 38:293-8. 2011..We sought to evaluate coparenting concurrency, overlapping partnerships in which at least 1 concurrent partner is a coparent with the respondent, which may promote the spread of STIs... - Severe postvaccinia encephalitis with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis: recovery with early intravenous immunoglobulin, high-dose steroids, and vaccinia immunoglobulinCornelius N Van Dam
Department of Internal Medicine Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina Area Health Education Centers Program, Moses Cone Hospital, Greensboro, NC 27401 1020, USA
Clin Infect Dis 48:e47-9. 2009..Both affected patients responded dramatically with early intervention of intravenous immunoglobulin. Our patient, who also received concurrent vaccinia immunoglobulin and corticosteroids, demonstrated full recovery... - Does HAART efficacy translate to effectiveness? Evidence for a trial effectPrema Menezes
Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
PLoS ONE 6:e21824. 2011.... - Project GRACE: a staged approach to development of a community-academic partnership to address HIV in rural African American communitiesGiselle Corbie-Smith
Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Health Promot Pract 12:293-302. 2011..Careful attention to partnership development has resulted in a collaborative approach that has mutually benefited both the academic and community partners... - HIV acquisition among women from selected areas of the United States: a cohort studySally L Hodder
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 07101 1709, USA
Ann Intern Med 158:10-8. 2013..Women account for 23% of newly diagnosed HIV infections in the United States, but there are few recent, well-characterized cohorts of U.S. women in whom behavior characteristics and HIV acquisition have been well-described... - Essential components of effective HIV care: a policy paper of the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Ryan White Medical Providers CoalitionJoel E Gallant
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Clin Infect Dis 53:1043-50. 2011.... 
Efficacy and clinical effectiveness of influenza vaccines in HIV-infected individuals: a meta-analysisJulius Atashili
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7435, USA
BMC Infect Dis 6:138. 2006..With the recent detection of influenza strains in countries with high HIV prevalence rates, we aimed at evaluating the current evidence on the efficacy and clinical effectiveness of influenza vaccines in HIV-infected individuals...- 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 - A case-control study of factors associated with HIV infection among black womenFatu M Forna
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Office of Workforce and Career Development, Career Development Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, MS E 04, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 98:1798-804. 2006..To identify social, behavioral and epidemiologic factors associated with HIV infection among HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected black women residing in North Carolina... - The relationship between condom use and herpes simplex virus acquisitionAnna Wald
University of Washington, Virology Research Clinic, Seattle, Washington 98122, USA
Ann Intern Med 143:707-13. 2005..Few studies have evaluated the relationship between condom use and herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) and HSV type 1 (HSV-1) acquisition... - Men who have sex with men and women: pieces of the U.S. HIV epidemic puzzleAdaora A Adimora
Sex Transm Dis 33:596-8. 2006
Research Grants
- High-Risk Heterosexual Partnering in the Age of AIDS: A Multilevel AnalysisAdaora Adimora; Fiscal Year: 2007..The study constitutes an important first step in development of future intervention studies and policies to effectively decrease the racial disparity in HIV infection rates. ..
- INDEPENDENT SCIENTIST AWARDAdaora Adimora; Fiscal Year: 2005..Her training and experience have equipped her with uncommon insight into this problem. The K02 award will facilitate her accomplishing this career goal. ..
- HIV Epidemiology Among African American Women in North CarolinaAdaora Adimora; Fiscal Year: 2007..abstract_text> ..
- HIV Prevention among African Americans: A Media CampaignAdaora A Adimora; Fiscal Year: 2010..This research represents a critical first step in the development of a mass media campaign that will play a key role in a multi-component HIV prevention program for AAs in the rural Southeastern US and throughout the nation. ..