Patient’s age depending HIV/AIDS evolution analysis by means of a non-homogeneous semi-Markov model. (English) Zbl 1180.92077
The authors describe an analysis of HIV/AIDS dynamics, which is defined by CD4 levels and viral load, carried out from a macroscopic point of view by means of non-homogeneous semi-Markov stochastic processes. In this way, the authors are able to take a nonparametric approach in order to study the evolution of HIV infected patients taking into account the different ages of the subjects.
Reviewer: Christian-Oliver Ewald (Sydney)
MSC:
92D30 | Epidemiology |
60K15 | Markov renewal processes, semi-Markov processes |
62P10 | Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis |
62N99 | Survival analysis and censored data |
60K10 | Applications of renewal theory (reliability, demand theory, etc.) |