Methods and procedures for estimating HIV/AIDS and its impact: The UNAIDS/WHO estimates for the end of 2001

AIDS

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 2215-2225

  Walker, Neff ^a   Stanecki, Karen A ^b   Brown, Tim ^c   Stover, John ^d   Lazzari, Stefano ^e   Garcia Calleja, Jesus Maria ^a   Schwartländer, Bernhard ^e   Ghys, Peter D ^a  

^a UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

^b U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

^c THAI RED CROSS AIDS RESEARCH CENTRE   (Thailand)

^d Futures Group   (United States)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

AIDS; Estimates; HIV; Modelling

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATISTICS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED NATIONS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0242364711     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200310170-00010     Document Type: Article

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