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HIV/AIDS
Data on HIV/AIDS detailed by L.M. Heaton and co-authors
September 9th, 2008
In this recent article published in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections, scientists in the United States conducted a study "To propose a methodology to estimate the number of new HIV infections averted. Knowledge of HIV infection has increased tremendously and modelling tools to project current epidemics into the future have greatly improved." "Different types of models can be used to estimate HIV infections averted, although the number of new HIV infections averted cannot be measured directly. Using cohort-component population projections, a disease modelling-based approach was used to compare the observed epidemiology of a disease after programme...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-09-09)
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