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HIV/AIDS Epidemiology
University of Oslo, Institute of Basic Medical Science details research in HIV/AIDS epidemiology
October 14th, 2008
Research findings, 'Growth rates in epidemic models: application to a model for HIV/AIDS progression,' are discussed in a new report. "The most common quantity used to describe the growth of an epidemic when modelling infectious diseases is the basic reproduction number R0. While R0 is most appropriate for epidemics with short-lasting infections, long-lasting infections such as HIV/AIDS may call for the use of growth rates with other properties," scientists writing in the journal Statistics In Medicine report. "For a group of multi-state compartment models we define both R0, the actual reproduction number Ra(t), and the intrinsic growth rate r. We study the...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-10-14)
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