Open AccessHIV Incidence in the United States, 1978–1999
Author(s) -
Vu Minh Quan,
Richard W. Steketee,
Linda A. Valleroy,
Hillard Weinstock,
John M. Karon,
Robert S. Janssen
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/00126334-200210010-00010
Subject(s) - incidence (geometry) , demography , medicine , rank correlation , population , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , context (archaeology) , spearman's rank correlation coefficient , men who have sex with men , epidemiology , immunology , geography , environmental health , statistics , syphilis , mathematics , geometry , sociology , archaeology
HIV incidence measurements, which reflect recent or current transmission, are valuable for monitoring the epidemic and evaluating prevention programs.