A population model applied to HIV transmission considering protection and treatment.
An epidemiological population model is proposed to assess the impact of protection and/or treatment strategies applied to HIV infection. Sex-education campaigns are the available protection strategy, and drug (or association of drugs) administration is the treatment strategy considered. In this model we assumed recruitment and differential mortality rates for the homosexual population. In addition to the classical threshold contact rate related to the establishment of the disease, we obtained a threshold input rate.
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Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IMECC, Departamento Matematica Aplicada, SP, Brazil. hyunyang@ime.unicamp.br
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D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D006716:Homosexuality; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008954:Models, Biological; D011157:Population Dynamics; D015995:Prevalence; D012736:Sex Education
D019380:Anti-HIV Agents