The role of the natural epidemic dynamics and migration in explaining the course of the HIV epidemic in rural Uganda: A modelling study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 397-404

  Shafer, Leigh A ^a   White, Richard G ^b   Nsubuga, Rebecca N ^a   Chapman, Ruth ^b   Hayes, Richard ^b   Grosskurth, Heiner ^a  

^a UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiological cycle; HIV; Mathematical modelling; Migration; Uganda

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MIGRATION; NATURAL EPIDEMIC DYNAMICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UGANDA;

ADULT; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; UGANDA;

UGANDA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 79953680174     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyq206     Document Type: Article

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