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hivDK.Rd
\name{ hivDK }
\alias{ hivDK }
\docType{ data }
\title{ hivDK: seroconversion in a cohort of Danish men}
\description{
Data from a survey of HIV-positivity of a cohort of Danish
men followed by regular tests from 1983 to 1989.
}
\usage{
data(hivDK)
}
\format{
A data frame with 297 observations on the following 7 variables.
\describe{
\item{\code{id}}{ID of the person}
\item{\code{entry}}{Date of entry to the study. Date variable.}
\item{\code{well}}{Date last seen seronegative. Date variable.}
\item{\code{ill}}{Date first seen seroconverted. Date variable.}
\item{\code{bth}}{Year of birth minus 1950.}
\item{\code{pyr}}{Annual number of sexual partners.}
\item{\code{us}}{Indicator of wheter the person has visited the USA.}
}
}
\source{
Mads Melbye, Statens Seruminstitut.
}
\references{
Becker N.G. and Melbye M.: Use of a log-linear model to
compute the empirical survival curve from interval-censored data,
with application to data on tests for HIV-positivity, Australian
Journal of Statistics, 33, 125--133, 1990.
Melbye M., Biggar R.J., Ebbesen P., Sarngadharan M.G., Weiss
S.H., Gallo R.C. and Blattner W.A.: Seroepidemiology of HTLV-III
antibody in Danish homosexual men: prevalence, transmission and
disease outcome. British Medical Journal, 289, 573--575, 1984.
}
\examples{
data(hivDK)
str(hivDK)
}
\keyword{ datasets }