A comprehensive back-calculation framework for estimation and prediction of HIV/AIDS in India

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 40-56

  Venkatesan, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FORECASTING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INDIA; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; VIROLOGY;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FORECASTING; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PREVALENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846390353     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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