Dynamic variation in sexual contact rates in a cohort of HIV-negative gay men

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 255-262

  Romero Severson, E O ^a   Volz, E ^a   Koopman, J S ^a   Leitner, T ^a   Ionides, E L ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

disease transmission; gay men; HIV; HIV risk; iterated filtering; partially observed Markov process; sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH RISK; HETEROGENEITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MARKOV CHAIN; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MODEL TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ARTICLE; DYNAMIC VARIATION; HOMOSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; ITERATED FILTERING METHOD; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS; STOCHASTIC MODEL; EPIDEMIC; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUALITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; UNITED STATES;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938766074     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwv044     Document Type: Article

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