HIV treatment as prevention: Principles of good HIV epidemiology modelling for public health decision-making in all modes of prevention and evaluation

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Delva, Wim ^a   Wilson, David P ^b   Abu Raddad, Laith ^c,d,e   Gorgens, Marelize ^f   Wilson, David ^f   Hallett, Timothy B ^g   Welte, Alex ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (Qatar)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^f WORLD BANK   (United States)

^g IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVALUATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNCERTAINTY; VIROLOGY;

DECISION MAKING; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84864441920     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001239     Document Type: Article

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