AIDS Epidemiology: A Quantitative Approach

Brookmeyer, Ron; Gail, Mitchell H.

ISBN 10: 0195076419 / ISBN 13: 9780195076417

Published by Oxford University Press, New York, 1994

About this Item

Hardcover in good condition. Dust jacket is slightly faded. Light wear on hardcover spine ends and leading corners. Contents are clean and clear. AM.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: AIDS Epidemiology: A Quantitative Approach
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195076419
• ISBN 13: 9780195076417
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Book Type: Used
• Seller catalogs:
  • Health & Medicine

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Synopsis

AIDS has appeared in more than 130 countries, and over 100,000 cases of AIDS have been reported in the U.S. alone. More and more, the public will be depending on statisticians to provide answers about the future course of this epidemic.

This comprehensive work confronts the problems that are unique to AIDS research and unites them under a single conceptual framework. It focuses on methods for the design and analysis of epidemiologic studies, the natural history of AIDS and the transmission of HIV, methods for tracking and projecting the course of the epidemic, and statistical issues in therapeutic trials. The various methods of monitoring and forecasting this disease receive comprehensive treatment. These methods include back-calculation, which the authors developed; interpretation of survey data on HIV prevalence; mathematical models for HIV transmission; and approaches that combine different types of epidemiological data. Much of this material -- 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 -- is not available in any other work.

About the Author

Ron Brookmeyer is at Johns Hopkins University. Mitchell H. Gail is at National Cancer Institute.