Augmented cross-sectional prevalence testing for estimating HIV incidence

Biometrics

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 864-874

  Wang, Rui ^a   Lagakos, Stephen W ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross sectional studies; Incidence rate; Prevalence estimators

Indexed keywords

COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL SAMPLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DETECTABILITY; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS; ESTIMATION PROCEDURES; HIV INFECTION; INCIDENCE RATE; PREVALENCE ESTIMATOR; WINDOW PERIOD;

BIOMETRICS;

COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS SECTION; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 77956809391     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: 15410420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2009.01356.x     Document Type: Article

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