HIV/AIDS model assessing the effects of gender-inequality affecting women in African heterosexual settings

International Journal of Biomathematics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-67

  Mukandavire, Zindoga ^a   Malunguza, Noble J ^a   Chiyaka, Christinah ^a   Musuka, Godfrey ^b   Tchuenche, Jean M ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Zimbabwe)

^b African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships   (Botswana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

delay; gender; HIV AIDS model; persistence permanence; reproductive number; stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049482915     PISSN: 17935245     EISSN: 17937159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1793524510000878     Document Type: Article

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