title: The distribution of the incubation period for the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
abstract: This paper contains details of methods and full results of estimates of the incubation period of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) that were outlined in a previous paper by Medley et al. (Nature, Lond. 328, 719 (1987)). The original model is modified to assess the influence of age and sex on the incubation period: age, but not sex, is statistically significant. The difficulties associated with interpretation of these data, and the additional information that would be required to resolve these difficulties are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000635:transmission; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008954:Models, Biological; D012737:Sex Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D065227:Transfusion Reaction