Definition and estimation of an actual reproduction number describing past infectious disease transmission: Application to HIV epidemics among homosexual men in Denmark, Norway and Sweden

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1139-1149

  Amundsen, E J ^a,b,c   Stigum, H ^b   Rottingen J A ^b,c   Aalen, O O ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR ALCOHOL AND DRUG RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACCURACY; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DENMARK; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SWEDEN; TIME;

ADULT; DENMARK; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; SWEDEN;

EID: 10444276556     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268804002997     Document Type: Article

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