Relating incidence to 'recent infection' prevalence: Application to HIV

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 104, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 199-202

  Welte, Alex ^a,b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESTIMATION METHOD; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AFRICA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 52649145809     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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