Abstract
We describe several population models exposed to a mild lifelong sexually transmitted disease, i.e. without significant increased mortality among infected individuals and providing no immunity/recovery. We then modify these models to include groups isolated from sexual contact and analyze their potential effect on the dynamics of the population. We are interested in how the isolated class may curb the growth of the infected group while keeping the healthy population at acceptable levels.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 505-522 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Journal | Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering |
Volume | 4 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2007 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Isolation
- Population models
- Sexually transmitted diseases
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Modeling and Simulation
- General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
- Computational Mathematics
- Applied Mathematics