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The web of human sexual contacts

Nature 411, 907–908 (21 June 2001) | Download Citation

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Promiscuous individuals are the vulnerable nodes to target in safe-sex campaigns.

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  1. *Department of Sociology, Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden

    • Fredrik Liljeros
    • , Christofer R. Edling
    •  & Yvonne Åberg

  2. †Center for Polymer Studies and Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA

    • Luís A. Nunes Amaral
    •  & H. Eugene Stanley

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