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The Use of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Diagnosis Information in Monitoring the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Epidemic
Author(s) -
Aalen O. O.,
Farewell V. T.,
De Angelis D.,
DAY N. E.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of the royal statistical society: series a (statistics in society)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.103
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1467-985X
pISSN - 0964-1998
DOI - 10.2307/2983501
Subject(s) - human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , immune system , virology , medicine , immunology , immunodeficiency
SUMMARY For acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients, information may be available on the time of diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (first positive HIV antibody test) in addition to the time of AIDS diagnosis. This extra information may be incorporated into backcalculation of HIV infection curves. This also allows the estimation of the rate of HIV diagnosis among HIV‐infected individuals, a measure which is of obvious public health importance. A framework for this is described and then applied to data from England and Wales. Different exposure categories are compared. The incorporation of information on the total number of HIV diagnoses in specific exposure groups is also examined.