"Sexual Partners" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Married or single individuals who share sexual relations.
| Descriptor ID |
D012747
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.778
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| Concept/Terms |
Sexual Partners- Sexual Partners
- Partner, Sexual
- Partners, Sexual
- Sexual Partner
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Sexual Partners".
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2014 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2015 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2016 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2018 | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2020 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2021 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2022 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sexual Partners" by people in Profiles.
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Sex Differences in Sexual Motivation Among U.S. Residents 57-85 Years of Age. Arch Sex Behav. 2025 05; 54(5):1781-1797.
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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perspectives of Women Who Have Migrated from Sub-Saharan Africa to France Toward HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in a Family Planning Center. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2024 11; 38(11):507-516.
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Changes in sexual behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from the General Social Survey. Int J Impot Res. 2025 Jul; 37(7):544-549.
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Racial and Ethnic Differences in Mobile App Use for Meeting Sexual Partners Among Young Men Who Have Sex With Men and Young Transgender Women: Cross-Sectional Study. JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2024 Sep 11; 10:e54215.
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Impact of COVID-19 and Mpox on Sexual Practices and Disease Mitigation Strategies Over Time Among Men Who Have Sex With Men Affiliated With Collective Sex Venues. Sex Transm Dis. 2024 12 01; 51(12):817-825.
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Using GPS-defined venue-based affiliation networks among Black sexually minoritized men and transgender women to identify locations for HIV prevention interventions. Ann Epidemiol. 2024 Aug; 96:80-87.
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Modes of HIV transmission among young women and their sexual partners in Ukraine. PLoS One. 2024; 19(6):e0305072.
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Changes in Partner-Seeking and Sexual Behavior Among US Adults During the First 2 Years of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Sex Transm Dis. 2024 08 01; 51(8):527-533.
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Leveraging social networks for identification of people with HIV who are virally unsuppressed. AIDS. 2024 02 01; 38(2):245-254.
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Assumptions about patients seeking PrEP: Exploring the effects of patient and sexual partner race and gender identity and the moderating role of implicit racism. PLoS One. 2022; 17(7):e0270861.