An age- and sex-structured HIV epidemiological model: Features and applications

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 213-221

  Low Beer, D ^a   Stoneburner, R L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Intl Ctr for Migration and Health   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIDS; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MODEL; HIV; HIV INCIDENCE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGICAL EVALUATION; MODELLING APPROACH;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGE FACTORS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; ESTIMATION TECHNICS; EVALUATION; HIV INFECTIONS; INCIDENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGICAL STUDIES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONITORING; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION FORECAST; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SEX FACTORS; VIRAL DISEASES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THAILAND; UGANDA;

AFRICA, (EAST); ASIA, (SOUTHEAST);

EID: 0030774901     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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