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• catalog abstract "The AIDS epidemic has spread worldwide, and nearly 300,000 cases have been reported in the United States alone. Statisticians and epidemiologists are called upon to design and correctly interpret studies on the prevention and control of disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and to estimate the magnitude and future course of the epidemic. In addition to a comprehensive discussion of methods for gauging the extent of the epidemic and forecasting AIDS incidence, this book presents methods and results concerning the risks of HIV transmission, the incubation period of HIV infection, markers of disease progression, prevention strategies, including strategies to protect the blood supply, and the evaluation of treatments and vaccines. These topics are presented quantitatively, with an emphasis on the strengths and weaknesses of available data. The book highlights how a naive statistical approach to the design or analysis of such studies can lead to seriously misleading results. The various methods of monitoring and forecasting HIV disease and AIDS incidence are given thorough treatment. These methods include back-calculation, which the authors developed; interpretations of survey data on HIV prevalence and incidence; mathematical models for HIV transmission; and approaches that combine different types of epidemiological data. Much of the material in this book - such as a discussion of methods for assessing safety of the blood supply. an evaluation of survey approaches and methods to project pediatric AIDS incidence - has not been previously published.".
• catalog contributor b4251564.
• catalog contributor b4251565.
• catalog created "1994.".
• catalog date "1994".
• catalog date "1994.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1994.".
• catalog description "In addition to a comprehensive discussion of methods for gauging the extent of the epidemic and forecasting AIDS incidence, this book presents methods and results concerning the risks of HIV transmission, the incubation period of HIV infection, markers of disease progression, prevention strategies, including strategies to protect the blood supply, and the evaluation of treatments and vaccines. These topics are presented quantitatively, with an emphasis on the strengths and weaknesses of available data. The book highlights how a naive statistical approach to the design or analysis of such studies can lead to seriously misleading results. The various methods of monitoring and forecasting HIV disease and AIDS incidence are given thorough treatment.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog description "Risk factors for infection and the probability of HIV transmission -- Surveys to determine seroprevalence and seroincidence -- Incubation period distribution -- Cofactors and markers -- Screening and accuracy of tests for HIV -- Statistical issues in surveillance of AIDS incidence -- Back-calculation -- Epidemic transmission models -- Synthesizing data sources and methods for assessing the scope of the epidemic -- Developing and evaluating new therapies and vaccines.".
• catalog description "The AIDS epidemic has spread worldwide, and nearly 300,000 cases have been reported in the United States alone. Statisticians and epidemiologists are called upon to design and correctly interpret studies on the prevention and control of disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and to estimate the magnitude and future course of the epidemic.".
• catalog description "These methods include back-calculation, which the authors developed; interpretations of survey data on HIV prevalence and incidence; mathematical models for HIV transmission; and approaches that combine different types of epidemiological data. Much of the material in this book - such as a discussion of methods for assessing safety of the blood supply. an evaluation of survey approaches and methods to project pediatric AIDS incidence - has not been previously published.".
• catalog extent "xv, 354 p. :".
• catalog identifier "0195076419 (alk. paper)".
• catalog isPartOf "Monographs in epidemiology and biostatistics ; v. 23".
• catalog issued "1994".
• catalog issued "1994.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Oxford University Press,".
• catalog subject "614.5/993 20".
• catalog subject "AIDS (Disease) Epidemiology.".
• catalog subject "Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome epidemiology.".
• catalog subject "Biometry.".
• catalog subject "Epidemiologic Methods.".
• catalog subject "Epidemiology Statistical methods.".
• catalog subject "RA644.A25 B75 1994".
• catalog subject "WD 308 B872a 1994".
• catalog tableOfContents "Risk factors for infection and the probability of HIV transmission -- Surveys to determine seroprevalence and seroincidence -- Incubation period distribution -- Cofactors and markers -- Screening and accuracy of tests for HIV -- Statistical issues in surveillance of AIDS incidence -- Back-calculation -- Epidemic transmission models -- Synthesizing data sources and methods for assessing the scope of the epidemic -- Developing and evaluating new therapies and vaccines.".
• catalog title "AIDS epidemiology : a quantitative approach / Ron Brookmeyer and Mitchell H. Gail.".
• catalog type "text".