Social and Behavioral Sciences
Integrating Sex and Drug–Related HIV Risk and Transmission
In Connecticut, the HIV–1 epidemic appears to be under control, with stable or declining prevalence. In St. Petersburg, Russia,
however, the epidemic appears to be on the increase. Yale University, the Biomedical Center in St. Petersburg, Russia, and Imperial
College, London, have come together to analyze the critical differences in the HIV transmission model between these two sites.
- Partners will participate as a single entity in the Sexual Acquisition and Transmission of HIV Cooperation Agreement Pro
gram (SATH–CAP). The multidisciplinary team will employ the methodologies of behavioral and molecular epidemiology,
medical sociology and anthropology, and mathematical modeling to investigate the behaviors of injection drug users and
their sex partners in the two locations.
- The ultimate goal of SATH–CAP is to understand transmission dynamics and model future transmission in order to curb the
effect of the HIV–1 epidemic.
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