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The importance of core groups in the epidemiology and control of HIV-1 infection
(1991)
In Africa, HIV transmission occurs mainly through heterosexual intercourse. High-frequency transmitter core groups are key to the epidemiology of HIV-1 and STD on the continent. The rapid growth of the HIV-1 epidemic in ...
Rapid progression to disease in African sex workers with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection
(1995)
From a cohort of female sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya, 163 women were observed to seroconvert to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and followed to study progression to HIV-1-related disease. The effect of several ...
Transition dynamics of HIV disease in a cohort of African prostitutes: a Markov model approach
(1990)
The progression of HIV-related disease from infection to death is represented as a staged Markov model. Transitions between stages are considered reversible. The model is fitted to data from a cohort of African prostitutes ...
Controlling HIV in Africa: effectiveness and cost of an intervention in a high-frequency STD transmitter core group.
(1991)
Since 1985, a population of over 1,000 predominantly HIV-positive female prostitutes residing in a low-income area of Nairobi, has been enrolled in a sexually transmitted disease (STD)/HIV control programme. The major ...