The general mixing of addicts and needles in a variable-infectivity needle-sharing environment

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 561-598

  Greenhalgh, David ^a   Lewis, Fraser ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AIDS; Basic reproduction number; Equilibrium and stability analysis; HIV; Injecting drug users; Needle exchange; Simulation; Three stage infectivity

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG ABUSE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIROLOGY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEEDLE SHARING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 0036593064     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: 14321416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002850200140     Document Type: Article

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