What is it about?
In this work we propose a sexual contact network growth model, particularly one that is relevant to HPV transmission, that produces scale-free networks by mimicking real-world relationship building processes. We analyse the topological properties of the resultant contact networks, and simulate HPV disease dynamics on the resultant contact networks to verify their utility in analysing HPV transmission. We keep our focus on heterosexual relationships in this work. The sexual contact network growth model proposed here has a number of parameters which can be calibrated to match differing demographics, though the current analysis is based on parameters that match Australian demographics.
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Why is it important?
Our analysis shows that the model creates highly scale-free networks, and growth parameters can be adjusted to produce networks with a desired scalefree exponent. We demonstrate that a compartmental HPV infection transmission model can be effectively simulated on networks produced by the SeCoNet growth model.
Perspectives
The growth model is intended for simulation of HPV infection and is focused on heterosexual relationships. The parameters are calibrated to Australian demographics at present, though it can easily be adapted to other demographics. We hope this article can lead to more interdisciplinary involvement in HPV elimination.
Weiyi Wang
University of Sydney
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This page is a summary of: SeCoNet: A Heterosexual Contact Network Growth Model for Human Papillomavirus Disease Simulation, November 2023, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery),
DOI: 10.1145/3625007.3627478.
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