Back-projection is a commonly used method in reconstructing HIV incidence. Instead of using AIDS incidence data in back-projection, this paper uses HIV positive tests data. Both multinomial and Poisson settings are used. The two settings give similar results when a parametric form or step...

Apart from collection of real pedigree data, it is also very important to have simulated pedigree data in genetic epidemiology research. The simulated data can be used to compare the efficiency of different statistical models and to investigate some phenomena that cannot be answered by the real...