Estimating the number of Cubans infected sexually by human immunodeficiency virus using contact tracing data

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 679-683

  Hsieh, Ying Hen ^a   De Arazoza, Hector ^b   Lee, Shen Ming ^c   Chen, Cathy W S ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

^c FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bayes statistics; Contact tracing; Cuba; Epidemiology; HIV AIDS; Latin America; Sexual contact

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ESTIMATION METHOD; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MONITORING;

ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBA; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRUS DETECTION;

CUBA;

EID: 0036303842     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/31.3.679     Document Type: Article

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