The intrinsic rate of increase of HIV/AIDS: Epidemiological and evolutionary implications

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 69-96

  Levin, B R ^a   Bull, J J ^b   Stewart, F M ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIFE TABLE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NATURAL SELECTION; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

AIDS; HIV; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; METHODOLOGICAL EVALUATION; MORBIDITY RATE;

EID: 0029667343     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0025-5564(95)00053-4     Document Type: Article

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