On the transmission dynamics of HIV

Mathematical BiosciencesPublished 1 July 1988

Klaus Dietz

DOI10.1016/0025-5564(88)90077-6

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The present basic model may serve as a building block in more realistic models for the spread of HIV in the population and take into account the duration of a partnership and the number of contacts with the same partner.

Abstract

The classical models for sexually transmitted disease implicity assume that all contacts with the same partner are concentrated in one instant. A new model is presented which takes into account the duration of a partnership and the number of contacts with the same partner. An explicit formula is given for the number of partners during a lifetime which is necessary to maintain the infection at an endemic level. The present basic model may serve as a building block in more realistic models for the spread of HIV in the population.

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