HOW CAN RESULTS OF LONGITUDINAL-STUDIES HELP MATHEMATICIANS MODEL THEHIV EPIDEMIC AMONG INTRAVENOUS DRUG-ABUSERS AND THE GENERAL-POPULATION

Authors
COOLEY PC HAMILL DN READECHRISTOPHER SJ LINER EC VANDERHORST CM
Citation
Pc. Cooley et al., HOW CAN RESULTS OF LONGITUDINAL-STUDIES HELP MATHEMATICIANS MODEL THEHIV EPIDEMIC AMONG INTRAVENOUS DRUG-ABUSERS AND THE GENERAL-POPULATION, Substance use & misuse, 32(12-13), 1997, pp. 1715-1720
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Substance Abuse","Substance Abuse",Psychiatry,Psychology
Journal title
Substance use & misuse → ACNP
ISSN journal
10826084
Volume
32
Issue
12-13
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1715 - 1720
Database
ISI
SICI code
1082-6084(1997)32:12-13<1715:HCROLH>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
This paper describes an AIDS epidemic model that has been developed to explore the relationships among parameters that characterize that epi demic which include: (1) needle sharing and sexual contacts with indiv iduals within and among distinct risk groups; (2) rates of progression from HIV infection to diagnosis of AIDS; (3) characteristics of viral transmission; and (4) survival rates of persons with AIDS. Based on c ases reported to the Centers for Disease Control, risk-group specific contact rates are estimated that reconstruct AIDS incidence.