Effect of variable transmission rate on the dynamics of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Cuadros, Diego F ^a   Crowley, Philip H ^a   Augustine, Ben ^a   Stewart, Sarah L ^a   García Ramos, Gisela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; GONORRHEA; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MALARIA; MALAWI; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MIXED INFECTION; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SYPHILIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; AFRICA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; MALE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AFRICA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HERPES GENITALIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SYPHILIS;

EID: 80051489963     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-216     Document Type: Article

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