The analysis of HIV/AIDS drug-resistant on networks

Authors: 
Maoxing Liu, Department of Mathematics, North University of China, Taiyuan, Shanxi, P. R. China
Abstract: 

In this paper, we present an Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) drug-resistant model using an ordinary differential equation (ODE) model on scale-free networks. We derive the threshold for the epidemic to be zero in infinite scale-free network. We also prove the stability of disease-free equilibrium (DFE) and persistence of HIV/AIDS infection. The effects of two immunization schemes, including proportional scheme and targeted vaccination, are studied and compared. We find that targeted strategy compare favorably to a proportional condom using has prominent effect to control HIV/AIDS spread on scale-free networks.

Received: 
Sunday, June 30, 2013
Accepted: 
Monday, September 30, 2013
Published: 
Wednesday, January 22, 2014