Pair formation and disease dynamics: modeling HIV and HCV among injection drug users in Victoria, BC

Pair formation and disease dynamics: modeling HIV and HCV among injection drug users in Victoria, BC

New survey data indicate that injection drug users (IDU) in Victoria, BC who share syringes do so with a single person. These partnerships pose an obvious health risk to IDU, as blood borne illnesses are transmitted through the sharing of injection equipment. Here we formulate an ordinary di eren...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lindquist, Jennifer Frances
Other Authors: Ma, Junling
Language:English
en
Published: 2009
Subjects:
mathematical modeling
epidemiology
partnership model
infectious disease model
injection drug use
UVic Subject Index::Sciences and Engineering::Mathematics
UVic Subject Index::Sciences and Engineering::Health Sciences::Public health
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1828/2015

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http://hdl.handle.net/1828/2015

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