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SUBMITTER: Hsieh CS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4269883 | biostudies-other | 2014 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Hsieh Chih-Sheng CS Kovářík Jaromír J Logan Trevon T
Scientific reports 20141218
Sex workers are traditionally considered important vectors of transmission of sexually transmitted infections (STI). The role of clients is commonly overlooked, partially due to the lack of evidence on clients' position in the sexual network created by commercial sex. Contrasting the diffusion importance of sex workers and their clients in the map of their sexual encounters in twoWeb-mediated communities, we find that from diffusion perspective, clients are as important as sex workers. Their dif ...[more]