How low can you go: The impact of a modestly effective HIV vaccine compared with male circumcision

AIDS

Volumn 24, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 2573-2578

  Kaldor, John M ^a   Wilson, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

HIV; Male circumcision; Mathematical model; South Africa; Thailand; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; THAILAND; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS VACCINES; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; THAILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78549272976     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32833ead96     Document Type: Article

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