Epidemic Potential in Human Sexual Networks:
Connectivity and The Development of STD Cores
Introduction
What features of networks matter?
STD Cores
Definition
Implications for network structure
Structural Cohesion
Definition
Cohesive Blocking: Structure & Position
Structural Cohesion = STD cores
Three Questions:
Implications of Large Scale Net. Models
Empirical Evidence for Cohesive Cores
Development of Core groups in low-degree
networks
Future Extensions
Extension to dynamic networks