Factors Associated With Syphilis Transmission and Acquisition Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: Protocol for a Multisite Egocentric Network Study

Casey E Copen   ¹ , MPH, PhD ;   Julie Rushmore   ¹ , DVM, PhD ;   Alex De Voux   ¹ , MSc, PhD ;   Robert D Kirkcaldy   ^{1, 2} , MPH, MD ;   Yetunde F Fakile   ¹ , PhD ;   Carla Tilchin   ^{3, 4} , MSPH ;   Jessica Duchen   ^{3, 4} , MPH ;   Jacky M Jennings   ^{3, 4, 5} , MPH, PhD ;   Morgan Spahnie   ⁶ , BSPH ;   Abigail Norris Turner   ⁶ , PhD ;   William C Miller   ⁷ , MD, PhD ;   Richard M Novak   ⁸ , MD ;   John A Schneider   ^{9, 10} , MPH, MD ;   Andrew B Trotter   ⁸ , MPH, MD ;   Kyle T Bernstein   ^{1, 2} , ScM, PhD

¹ Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States

² Division of Scientific Education and Professional Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States

³ Center for Child and Community Health Research, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States

⁴ Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States

⁵ Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States

⁶ Division of Epidemiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States

⁷ Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States

⁸ Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States

⁹ Departments of Medicine and Public Health Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States

¹⁰ Howard Brown Health, Chicago, IL, United States