Optimal strategy for controlling the spread of HIV/AIDS disease: A case study of South Africa

Journal of Biological Dynamics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 475-494

  Yusuf, Tunde T ^a   Benyah, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

antiretroviral treatment; basic reproduction number; disease incidence; disease prevalence; optimal control; optimality system; Pontryagin's maximum principle

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84868311099     PISSN: 17513758     EISSN: 17513766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17513758.2011.628700     Document Type: Article

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