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HIV/AIDS
Report summarizes HIV/AIDS study findings from University of Washington
September 9th, 2008
In this recent study, researchers in the United States conducted a study "To construct confidence intervals for HIV prevalence in countries with generalised epidemics. In the Bayesian melding approach, a sample of country-specific epidemic curves describing HIV prevalence over time is derived based on time series of antenatal clinic prevalence data and general information on the parameters that describe the HIV epidemic." "The prevalence trends at antenatal clinics are calibrated to population-based HIV prevalence estimates from national surveys. For countries without population based estimates, a general calibration method is developed. Based on the sample of...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-09-09)
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