Reconstruction and prediction of the HIV/AIDS epidemic among adults in the European Union and in the low prevalence countries of central and eastern Europe

AIDS

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 649-662

  Downs, Angela M ^b,c   Heisterkamp, Siem H ^a   Brunet, Jean Baptiste ^b   Hamers, Françoise F ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b Europ Ctr Epidemiol Monitoring A   (France)

^c Hospital National de Saint Maurice   (France)

Author keywords

AIDS surveillance; Back calculation; Europe; HIV prevalence; Projections

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EASTERN EUROPE; EPIDEMIC; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0030936809     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199705000-00013     Document Type: Article

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