Controlling the number of HIV infectives in a mobile population

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-112

  Sani, A ^a,b   Kroese, D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b HALU OLEO UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Cross entropy method; Epidemic control; HIV AIDS; Mobility; Multiple patches

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGIONAL PLANNING;

CROSS-ENTROPY METHOD; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV); MULTIPLE PATCHES; POPULATION MOBILITY;

DISEASE CONTROL;

DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MIGRATION; MOBILITY; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION RESEARCH;

CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; RISK FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 44649161838     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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