This paper examines the potential impact of concurrent partnerships on HIV spread in Uganda using microsimulation. We represent a population of individuals, the sexual partnerships that they form and dissolve over time, and the spread of an infectious disease as a stochastic process. Data from...

This paper uses simulation to examine the role that measurement error may play in survey estimates of concurrent partnerships. Concurrent partnerships accelerate the spread of a sexually transmitted infection, making data on concurrency important for modeling and public health purposes. Methods...