Modeling HIV epidemic under contact tracing - The Cuban case

Journal of Theoretical Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 267-274

  De Arazoza, H ^a   Lounesl, R ^b   Hoang, T ^b   Interian, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Birth and death process; Contact tracing; Deterministic path; Epidemic control; HIV AIDS epidemic

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBA; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LINEAR SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0034587490     PISSN: 10273662     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10273660008833053     Document Type: Article

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