Modelling acute HIV infection using longitudinally measured biomarker data including informative drop-out.

Background. Numerous methods have been developed to model longitudinal data. In HIV/AIDS studies, HIV markers, CD4+ count and viral load are measured over time. Informative drop-out and the lower detection limit of viral load assays can bias the results and influence assumptions of the models. Objec...

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Main Author: Werner, Lise.
Other Authors: Mwambi, Henry G.
Language:en
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10413/690