On the use of adjusted cross-sectional estimators of HIV incidence

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 538-547

  Wang, Rui ^a,b   Lagakos, Stephen W ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

BED; Detuned ELISA; Sensitive less sensitive tests

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; SIMULATION; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; SERODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 73349142388     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181c080a7     Document Type: Article

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