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HIV Spread: Some Statistical Results
Author(s) -
T. Srivenkataramana,
C. Nagaraja Rao
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
mapana journal of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0975-3303
DOI - 10.12723/mjs.1.3
Subject(s) - human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , incidence (geometry) , intervention (counseling) , medicine , perspective (graphical) , immunology , virology , environmental health , family medicine , computer science , psychiatry , artificial intelligence , physics , optics
The spread of AIDS causative agent HIV has now entered the third decade. The infection was first noticed in 1981 in the USA. Within 2 decades, it has quickly grown to the level of an endemic. Unlike several other infectious diseases, AIDS endemiology is interdisciplinary, surrounded by many complex socio-economic, psychological, legal, behavioural and statistical issues. Knowledge of HIV incidence is important to formulate sensible intervention strategies aimed at its control. This article discusses: i) Important special features of the spread mechanism which render the syndrome a lethal and silent killer. ii) A method to evaluate probability of infection in a heterosexual relation. iii) A method for estimating HIV infections in perinatal transmissions, and iv) The Indian HIV perspective and makes a few suggestions to control the reckless spread of HIV across the country.

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