The Non-Linear Transmission Dynamics of HIV/AIDS

dc.contributor.advisorYorke, James Aen_US
dc.contributor.advisorSuppe, Fredericken_US
dc.contributor.authorRapatski, Brandy Lynnen_US
dc.contributor.departmentApplied Mathematics and Scientific Computationen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2005-02-02T06:23:46Z
dc.date.available2005-02-02T06:23:46Z
dc.date.issued2004-11-10en_US
dc.description.abstractHow infectious a person is when infected with HIV depends upon what stage of the disease the person is in. We use three stages which we call primary, asymptomatic and symptomatic. It is important to have a systematic method for computing all three infectivities so that the measurements are comparable. Using robust modeling we provide high-resolution estimates of semen infectivity by HIV disease stage. We find that the infectivity of the symptomatic stage is far higher, hence more potent, than the values that prior studies have used when modeling HIV transmission dynamics. The stage infectivity rates for semen are 0.024, 0.002, 0.299 for primary, asymptomatic and symptomatic (late-stage) respectively. Implications of our infectivity estimates and modeling for understanding heterosexual epidemics such as the Sub-Saharan African one are explored. Most models are compartment models that are based on the number of new infections per unit time. We create a new risk-based model that focuses on a susceptible person's risk of becoming infected if he has a single contact with an infected individual.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/1983
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledMathematicsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledHuman immunodeficiency virusen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledinfectiousnessen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledtransmission dynamicsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledmathematical modelingen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledeffective contact rateen_US
dc.titleThe Non-Linear Transmission Dynamics of HIV/AIDSen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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