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Representing Aggregation and Scale Effects in HIV/AIDS Epidemic Modelling Systems

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Geomed ’97

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This paper reviews and evaluates some of the alternative disaggregations of the population at risk to infection that have been specified in HIV/AIDS epidemic modelling systems, together with methods for simulating incidence in space and time. Particular attention is paid to the influence of scale (the nature and size of the geographical units analysed) as a constraint upon both the model designs and their application to understanding the consequences of disease prevention strategies.

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    Richard Thomas

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  2. University of Cambridge, UK

    Andrew D. Cliff

  3. Pierre-et-Marie-Curie University, Paris, France

    Alain-Jacques Valleron

  4. PHLS Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, London, UK

    Paddy Farrington

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Thomas, R. (1998). Representing Aggregation and Scale Effects in HIV/AIDS Epidemic Modelling Systems. In: Gierl, L., Cliff, A.D., Valleron, AJ., Farrington, P., Bull, M. (eds) Geomed ’97. Informatik und Unternehmensführung. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-95397-1_8

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