![](/images/graphics-bg.png)
Statistical Modeling of HIV, Tuberculosis, and Hepatitis B Transmission in Ghana
Joint Authors
Twumasi, Clement
Asiedu, Louis
Nortey, Ezekiel N. N.
Source
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology
Issue
Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2019-12-24
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Most mortality studies usually attribute death to single disease, while various other diseases could also act in the same individual or a population at large.
Few works have been done by considering HIV, Tuberculosis (TB), and Hepatitis B (HB) as jointly acting in a population in spite of their high rate of infections in Ghana.
This study applied competing risk methods on these three diseases by assuming they were the major risks in the study population.
Among all opportunistic infections that could also act within HIV-infected individuals, TB has been asserted to be the most predominant.
Other studies have also shown cases of HIV and Hepatitis B coinfections.
The validity of these comorbidity assertions was statistically determined by exploring the conditional dependencies existing among HIV, TB, and HB through Bayesian networks or directed graphical model.
Through Classification tree, sex and age group of individuals were found as significant demographic predictors that influence the prevalence of HIV and TB.
Females were more likely to contract HIV, whereas males were prone to contracting TB.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Twumasi, Clement& Asiedu, Louis& Nortey, Ezekiel N. N.. 2019. Statistical Modeling of HIV, Tuberculosis, and Hepatitis B Transmission in Ghana. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1130030
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Twumasi, Clement…[et al.]. Statistical Modeling of HIV, Tuberculosis, and Hepatitis B Transmission in Ghana. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1130030
American Medical Association (AMA)
Twumasi, Clement& Asiedu, Louis& Nortey, Ezekiel N. N.. Statistical Modeling of HIV, Tuberculosis, and Hepatitis B Transmission in Ghana. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1130030
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1130030