Estimation of the HIV basic reproduction number in rural south west Uganda: 1991-2008.

The basic reproduction number, [Formula: see text], is one of the many measures of the epidemic potential of an infection in a population. We estimate HIV [Formula: see text] over 18 years in a rural population in Uganda, examine method-specific differences in estimated [Formula: see text], and esti...

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Main Authors: Rebecca N Nsubuga, Richard G White, Billy N Mayanja, Leigh Anne Shafer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3880255?pdf=render