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Title

Modelling the Effects of Complacency and Educational Countermeasures on the Spread of HIV

Authors

Brooklyn M. Clive, Winthrop UniversityFollow
Ryan Lumbert, Winthrop University

Faculty Mentor

Dr. Kristen Abernathy & Dr. Zach Abernathy

College

College of Arts and Sciences

Department

Department of Mathematics

Files

Description

In this project, we consider a system of five ordinary differential equations which describe the population dynamics of HIV/AIDS when individuals are tested for the virus and then moved onto antiretroviral therapy. We include a Holling Type-II response to model the complacency of the population in response to the number of AIDS cases. We prove global stability of the disease-free equilibrium when the basic reproductive ratio is less than one. We then derive an optimal control problem and solve it theoretically using Pontryagin's Maximum Principle and numerically using the Forward-Backward Sweep Method. We conclude with a discussion on the impact of optimal educational strategies to combat complacency regarding the AIDS/HIV epidemic.

Publication Date

10-5-2020

Disciplines

Mathematics

Comments

This project was supported by SC INBRE grants from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (2P20 GM10349915) of the National Institutes of Health.

Recommended Citation

Clive, Brooklyn M. and Lumbert, Ryan, "Modelling the Effects of Complacency and Educational Countermeasures on the Spread of HIV" (2020). S.U.R.E Posters. 12.
https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/sureposters/12