New tools for shoe-leather epidemiologists

Here's an interesting article in Salon on the use of social media to identify people at risk of STDs. The article contains an interview with Peter Leone, an Infectious Diseases physician at UNC, who discusses exploring social networks to expand the circle of at-risk persons instead of just relying on conventional  methods for contact tracing.

Graphic: Salon

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