Glen A. Satten, Robert S. Janssen, Susan Stramer, and Michael P. Busch
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300087512
- eISBN:
- 9780300128222
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300087512.003.0015
- Subject:
- Sociology, Health, Illness, and Medicine
This chapter discusses the STARHS assay strategy, an approach that estimates HIV incidence. The STARHS approach is validated by comparing cross-sectionally calculated HIV incidence with ...
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This chapter discusses the STARHS assay strategy, an approach that estimates HIV incidence. The STARHS approach is validated by comparing cross-sectionally calculated HIV incidence with longitudinally calculated incidence among the same persons. In this chapter, a comparison of cross-sectional and longitudinal incidence in the San Francisco Men's Health Study (SFMHS) is made.Less
This chapter discusses the STARHS assay strategy, an approach that estimates HIV incidence. The STARHS approach is validated by comparing cross-sectionally calculated HIV incidence with longitudinally calculated incidence among the same persons. In this chapter, a comparison of cross-sectional and longitudinal incidence in the San Francisco Men's Health Study (SFMHS) is made.
Edward H. Kaplan
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300087512
- eISBN:
- 9780300128222
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300087512.003.0010
- Subject:
- Sociology, Health, Illness, and Medicine
This chapter discusses Israel's ban on Ethiopian blood donors. Due to the possibility that Ethiopian Israelis have a 50-fold higher chance of HIV infection relative to non-Ethiopian Israelis, ...
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This chapter discusses Israel's ban on Ethiopian blood donors. Due to the possibility that Ethiopian Israelis have a 50-fold higher chance of HIV infection relative to non-Ethiopian Israelis, Israel's blood supply from Ethiopian Israelis were all discarded. The chapter begins with a brief review of recent estimated HIV incidence in both Ethiopian and non-Ethiopian Israelis. It then presents a simple model of the probability of infectious donation and estimates this infectious donation risk for both Ethiopian and other Israelis. Using this model, the impact of exclusion of Ethiopian donors on the annual number of infectious donations to the Israeli blood supply is evaluated and the result is used as an implicit cost-effectiveness analysis. The analysis shows that on average, excluding Ethiopian donors prevents at most one HIV infectious donation every ten years.Less
This chapter discusses Israel's ban on Ethiopian blood donors. Due to the possibility that Ethiopian Israelis have a 50-fold higher chance of HIV infection relative to non-Ethiopian Israelis, Israel's blood supply from Ethiopian Israelis were all discarded. The chapter begins with a brief review of recent estimated HIV incidence in both Ethiopian and non-Ethiopian Israelis. It then presents a simple model of the probability of infectious donation and estimates this infectious donation risk for both Ethiopian and other Israelis. Using this model, the impact of exclusion of Ethiopian donors on the annual number of infectious donations to the Israeli blood supply is evaluated and the result is used as an implicit cost-effectiveness analysis. The analysis shows that on average, excluding Ethiopian donors prevents at most one HIV infectious donation every ten years.
