What are the Risks of Risky Sex? Modeling the AIDS Epidemic

DOI10.1287/opre.37.2.198zbMath0665.92015OpenAlexW2014348951WikidataQ59558631 ScholiaQ59558631MaRDI QIDQ3818172

Edward H. Kaplan

Publication date: 1989

Published in: Operations Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.37.2.198

zbMATH Keywords

AIDScohort studiesHIV infectionincubation timereproductive rategay menduration of sex livesexponential sex livesimmunizing vaccinerandom partner selectionrisky sex rates

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10) Population dynamics (general) (92D25)

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