Human immunodeficiency virus infection dynamics in East Africa deduced from surveillance data

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 682-695

  Stoneburner, Rand L ^a,c   Low Beer, Daniel ^a   Tembo, George S ^a   Mertens, Thierry E ^a   Asiimwe Okiror, Godwill ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^c Health and Development   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cohort effect; cohort studies; epidemiologic factors; forecasting; HIV infections; models; population surveillance; theoretical

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AIDS EPIDEMIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE DYNAMICS; HIV; HIV INCIDENCE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MODELLING APPROACH; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SURVEILLANCE DATA;

UGANDA;

EID: 0029659387     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008981     Document Type: Article

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