Development, Calibration and Performance of an HIV Transmission Model Incorporating Natural History and Behavioral Patterns: Application in South Africa

Alethea W. McCormick; Nadia N. Abuelezam; Erin R. Rhode; Taige Hou; Rochelle P. Walensky; Pamela P. Pei; Jessica E. Becker; Madeline A. DiLorenzo; Elena Losina; Kenneth A. Freedberg; Marc Lipsitch; George R. Seage III

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0098272

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Development, Calibration and Performance of an HIV Transmission Model Incorporating Natural History and Behavioral Patterns: Application in South Africa

Alethea W. McCormick ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Alethea W. McCormick, Nadia N. Abuelezam, Marc Lipsitch, George R. Seage III

* E-mail: amccormi@hsph.harvard.edu

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Nadia N. Abuelezam ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Alethea W. McCormick, Nadia N. Abuelezam, Marc Lipsitch, George R. Seage III

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Erin R. Rhode,

Affiliation Divisions of General Medicine and Infectious Disease and the Medical Practice Evaluation Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Taige Hou,

Affiliation Divisions of General Medicine and Infectious Disease and the Medical Practice Evaluation Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Rochelle P. Walensky,

Affiliations Divisions of General Medicine and Infectious Disease and the Medical Practice Evaluation Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Center for AIDS Research, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Pamela P. Pei,

Affiliation Divisions of General Medicine and Infectious Disease and the Medical Practice Evaluation Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Jessica E. Becker,

Affiliation Divisions of General Medicine and Infectious Disease and the Medical Practice Evaluation Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Madeline A. DiLorenzo,

Affiliation Divisions of General Medicine and Infectious Disease and the Medical Practice Evaluation Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Elena Losina,

Affiliations Departments of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Kenneth A. Freedberg,

Affiliations Divisions of General Medicine and Infectious Disease and the Medical Practice Evaluation Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Center for AIDS Research, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Marc Lipsitch ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Alethea W. McCormick, Nadia N. Abuelezam, Marc Lipsitch, George R. Seage III

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics and Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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George R. Seage III

Contributed equally to this work with: Alethea W. McCormick, Nadia N. Abuelezam, Marc Lipsitch, George R. Seage III

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Development, Calibration and Performance of an HIV Transmission Model Incorporating Natural History and Behavioral Patterns: Application in South Africa

Alethea W. McCormick,
Nadia N. Abuelezam,
Erin R. Rhode,
Taige Hou,
Rochelle P. Walensky,
Pamela P. Pei,
Jessica E. Becker,
Madeline A. DiLorenzo,
Elena Losina,
Kenneth A. Freedberg

Published: May 27, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098272

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