HIV-AIDS epidemiological model in Constanța County
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Background The evolution of AIDS cases in Constanța County during 1985-2003 shows a rapid upward detection curve in children in the first decade, a low rate of screening in adults in the first decade, with absolute predominance of cases in children and progressively slower increase in the number of cases identified in the second decade, on account of the increase in the number of cases in adults. The main objective of this paper is to present the retrospective and prospective HIV-AIDS epidemiological model.
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