Estimating Incidence from Prevalence in Generalised HIV Epidemics: Methods and Validation.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Hallett, Timothy B.; Zaba, Basia; Todd, Jim; Lopman, Ben; Mwita, Wambura; Biraro, Sam; Gregson, Simon; Boerma, J. Ties
- Source
- PLoS Medicine. Apr2008, Vol. 5 Issue 4, pe80. 12p. 2 Diagrams, 4 Charts, 3 Graphs.
- Subject
- *HIV infections
*EPIDEMICS
*HIV
*AIDS
*COMMUNICABLE diseases
*MORTALITY
- Language
- ISSN
- 1549-1277
Timothy Hallett and colleagues develop and test two user-friendly methods to estimate HIV incidence based on changes in cross-sectional prevalence, using either mortality rates or survival after infection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]