Open AccessEstimating HIV incidence from age-specific prevalence data
Author(s) -
Simon Gregson,
Rhoderick Machekano,
Christl A. Donnelly,
Michael T. Mbizvo,
Roy M. Anderson,
David Katzenstein
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
aids
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.195
H-Index - 216
eISSN - 1473-5571
pISSN - 0269-9370
DOI - 10.1097/00002030-199815000-00017
Subject(s) - demography , medicine , cohort , incidence (geometry) , survivorship curve , cumulative incidence , cross sectional study , cohort study , environmental health , population , mathematics , geometry , pathology , sociology
To compare HIV incidence estimates from cross-sectional age-specific prevalence data with concurrent cohort estimates and to examine the sensitivity of the estimates to changes in age-categorization and survivorship assumptions.