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HIV/AIDS
Reports from University of London, Imperial College London add new data to research in HIV/AIDS
June 17th, 2008
" HIV surveillance of generalised epidemics in Africa primarily relies on prevalence at antenatal clinics, but estimates of incidence in the general population would be more useful. Repeated cross-sectional measures of HIV prevalence are now becoming available for general populations in many countries, and we aim to develop and validate methods that use these data to estimate HIV incidence," scientists in London, the United Kingdom report. "Methods and Findings Two methods were developed that decompose observed changes in prevalence between two serosurveys into the contributions of new infections and mortality. Method 1 uses cohort mortality rates, and method 2 uses...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-06-17)
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