When Did HIV Incidence Peak in Harare, Zimbabwe? Back-Calculation from Mortality Statistics
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When Did HIV Incidence Peak in Harare, Zimbabwe? Back-Calculation from Mortality Statistics
HIV prevalence has recently begun to decline in Zimbabwe, a result of both high levels of AIDS mortality and a reduction in incident infections. An important component in understanding the dynamics in HIV prevalence is knowledge of past trends in incidence, such as when incidence peaked and at what level. However, empirical measurements of incidence over an extended time period are not availabl...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS ONE
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001711