Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 63-74 , September 2009

A comparison of three computational modelling methods for the prediction of virological response to combination HIV therapy

  • Dechao Wang

      Affiliations

    • The HIV Resistance Response Database Initiative (RDI), 14 Union Square, London, UK
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  • Brendan Larder

      Affiliations

    • The HIV Resistance Response Database Initiative (RDI), 14 Union Square, London, UK
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  • Andrew Revell

      Affiliations

    • The HIV Resistance Response Database Initiative (RDI), 14 Union Square, London, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 020 7226 7314; fax: +44 020 7226 7314.
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  • Julio Montaner

      Affiliations

    • BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, Canada
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  • Richard Harrigan

      Affiliations

    • BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, Canada
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  • Frank De Wolf

      Affiliations

    • Netherlands HIV Monitoring Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Joep Lange

      Affiliations

    • Academic Medical Centre of the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Scott Wegner

      Affiliations

    • Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
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  • Lidia Ruiz

      Affiliations

    • Fundació irsiCaixa, Badalona, Spain
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  • María Jésus Pérez-Elías

      Affiliations

    • Ramón y Cajal Hospital, Madrid, Spain
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  • Sean Emery

      Affiliations

    • National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Sydney, Australia
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  • Jose Gatell

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Antonella D’Arminio Monforte

      Affiliations

    • University of Milan (on behalf of ICONA), Milan, Italy
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  • Carlo Torti

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University of Brescia (on behalf of the Italian MASTER Cohort), Brescia, Italy
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  • Maurizio Zazzi

      Affiliations

    • University of Siena (on behalf of the Italian ARCA database), Siena, Italy
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  • Clifford Lane

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD, USA

Received 21 August 2008 ,Revised 16 April 2009 ,Accepted 10 May 2009.

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PII: S0933-3657(09)00082-7

doi: 10.1016/j.artmed.2009.05.002

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 63-74 , September 2009