A note on a stochastic model for the incubation of transfusion- associated AIDS
| Autor: | J. Gani |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
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Discrete mathematics
Operations research Stochastic modelling Maximum likelihood Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) medicine.disease medicine.disease_cause Theoretical Computer Science Incubation period Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Econometrics medicine Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics Incubation Mathematics |
| Zdroj: | Discrete Mathematics. 92:89-94 |
| ISSN: | 0012-365X |
| Popis: | The model-based approach of Lui, Peterman, Lawrence and Allen (1988) to the transfusion- associated incubation period of AIDS, and the mechanism of HIV infectivity outlined by Margolick, Bowen, Lane and Fauci (1986), and Fauci (1988), suggest that a stochastic process may account for the depletion of the T-lymphocytes before AIDS symptoms aredetected. This paper considers a simple death process as an example. After estimating the relevant parameters, the fit of this process to the given data proves to be satisfactory. |
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