On expected time to seroconversion when threshold has a change of distribution after a truncation point in hiv infection
Faculty of Mathematics Annamalai University Annamalai Nagar Tamil Nadu India
In the study of HIV infection and AIDS, the estimation of expected time to Seroconversion and its variance is an important aspect. As and when the total antigenic diversity crosses a threshold level, the Seroconversion takes place. In this paper, assuming the threshold level undergoes a change in the form of distribution after a truncation point where the truncation point is taken to be a random variable. The distribution function for the threshold level is obtained by taking exponential distribution and Erlang 2 distribution as the threshold levels before and after the truncation point respectively. Using this distribution function for the threshold level, the expected time to Seroconversion and its variance are derived.
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