title: How reporting delay, duration of follow-up and number of cases affect the estimates of the incubation time of transfusion-associated AIDS cases.
abstract: The authors discuss the impact of reporting delay, duration of follow-up, and number of cases in a sample on estimates of the incubation time of transfusion-associated AIDS cases.  "This article comes to the conclusion that the accuracy of the incubation time estimate would depend on the sample size rather than on the duration of follow-up." (SUMMARY IN FRE)
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authors.lastname: Brouard
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authors.lastname: Bonneuil
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; D003625:Data Collection; D003710:Demography; D004194:Disease; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015658:HIV Infections; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D012107:Research Design; D012494:Sampling Studies; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013997:Time Factors; D014777:Virus Diseases
keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Data Collection; Data Reporting; Demographic Factors; Diseases; Error Sources; Estimation Technics; Follow-up Studies; Hiv Infections--transmission; Measurement; Population; Population Dynamics; Problem Formulation; Research Methodology; Sampling Studies; Studies; Time Factors; Viral Diseases; World