An Age-Structured Model for the Potential Impact of Generalized Access to Antiretrovirals on the South African HIV Epidemic

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2180-2198

  Bacaër, Nicolas ^a   Pretorius, Carel ^b   Auvert, Bertran ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Age structure; Antiretrovirals; HIV; Mathematical model

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MALE; SOUTH AFRICA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 77958488627     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: 15229602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-010-9535-2     Document Type: Article

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