Ascertaining HIV underreporting in low prevalence countries using the approximate ratio of underreporting

Journal of Biological Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 441-454

  Hsieh, Ying Hen ^a   Wang, Hui Ching ^a   De Arazoza, Hector ^b   Lounes, Rachid ^c   Twu, Shiing Jer ^d   Hsu, Hsu Mei ^e  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^e Department of Health ^*  (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cuba; Epidemiology; HIV AIDS; Mathematical Model; Taiwan; Underreporting

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 28844457016     PISSN: 02183390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218339005001616     Document Type: Article

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