Modeling the HIV/AIDS epidemic among injecting drug users and sex workers in Kunming, China

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 525-550

  Bacaër, Nicolas ^a   Abdurahman, Xamxinur ^b   Ye, Jianli ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b XINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

35Q80; China MSC 92C60; Female sex workers; HIV AIDS; Injecting drug users; Kermack McKendrick epidemic model; R0

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHINA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROSTITUTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SURVIVAL; VIROLOGY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALGORITHMS; CHINA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROSTITUTION; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33746599090     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: 15229602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-005-9051-y     Document Type: Article

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