The attracting basins and the assessment of the transmission coefficients for HIV and M. tuberculosis infections among women inmates

Journal of Biological Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 61-83

  Raimundo, Silvia Martorano ^a,b   Yang, Hyun Mo ^b   Bassanezi, Rodney Carlos ^b   Ferreira, Marizete A C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AIDS; Interaction between diseases; Thresholds; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0347303201     PISSN: 02183390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218339002000457     Document Type: Article

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