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The Influence of the Incubation Period on Qualitative Aspects of the Spread of AIDS
Author(s) -
Lasser R.,
Obermaier J.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
biometrical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.108
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-4036
pISSN - 0323-3847
DOI - 10.1002/bimj.4710310711
Subject(s) - incubation period , incubation , period (music) , statistics , mathematics , demography , biology , physics , sociology , biochemistry , acoustics
Abstract Based on a simple stochastic model the influence of the incubation period of the HIV‐infection on some qualitative aspects of the spread of AIDS is studied. A critical ‘nfection rat’ is calculated in dependence on parameters of the incubation period density function.