A class of methods for HIV contact tracing in Cuba: Implications for intervention and treatment

Deterministic and Stochastic Models of AIDS Epidemics and HIV Infections with Intervention

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 77-92

  Hsieh, Ying Hen ^a   de Arazoza, Hector ^b   Lounes, Rachid ^c   Joanes, Jose ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d MINISTERIO DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

AIDS; Basic reproduction number; Contact tracing; Cuba; HAART; HIV; Intervention measures; Mathematical model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84967585487     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812569264_0004     Document Type: Chapter

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