| Title | A complex systems approach to evaluate HIV prevention in metropolitan areas: preliminary implications for combination intervention strategies. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2012 |
| Authors | Marshall, Brandon D. L., Magdalena M. Paczkowski, Lars Seemann, Barbara Tempalski, Enrique R. Pouget, Sandro Galea, and Samuel R. Friedman |
| Journal | PloS one |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pagination | e44833 |
| Date Published | 2012 |
| ISSN | 1932-6203 |
| Keywords | Cities, Communicable Disease Control, Drug Users, Female, HIV Infections, Homosexuality, Humans, Injections, Male, Models, Statistical, Risk, Risk-Taking |
| Abstract | HIV transmission among injecting and non-injecting drug users (IDU, NIDU) is a significant public health problem. Continuing propagation in endemic settings and emerging regional outbreaks have indicated the need for comprehensive and coordinated HIV prevention. We describe the development of a conceptual framework and calibration of an agent-based model (ABM) to examine how combinations of interventions may reduce and potentially eliminate HIV transmission among drug-using populations. |
| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0044833 |
| Alternate Journal | PLoS ONE |
