Basic reproduction number for HIV model incorporating commercial sex and behavior change

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 551-575

  Hsieh, Ying Hen ^a   Wang, Yun Shih ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asymptotic stability; Basic reproduction number; Behavior change; Commercial sex workers; HIV AIDS; Thailand

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PROSTITUTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROSTITUTION; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33746617995     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: 15229602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-005-9050-z     Document Type: Article

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