Connecting the dots: Network data and models in HIV epidemiology

AIDS

Volumn 30, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 2009-2020

  Delva, Wim ^a,b,c,d,e   Leventhal, Gabriel E ^e,f   Helleringer, Stéphane ^g  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

contact tracing; epidemiology; HIV; mathematical models; partner notification; phylogenetics; sexual networks; survey data

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DATA COLLECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84975105922     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000001184     Document Type: Review

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