Validation of a method to estimate age-specific human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) incidence rates in developing countries using population-based seroprevalence data

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 214-223

  Saidel, T ^a   Sokal, D ^a   Rice, J ^b   Buzingo, T ^c   Hassig, S ^a  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Ministry of Health   (Burundi)

Author keywords

cohort studies; developing countries; HIV seropositivity; HIV seroprevalence; incidence; models; statistical

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BURUNDI; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEROCONVERSION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY;

AGE SPECIFIC INCIDENCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HIV; HIV INCIDENCE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; MODELLING APPROACH; SEROPREVALENCE DATA;

BURUNDI, BUJUMBURA;

EID: 0029659571     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008916     Document Type: Article

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