The Dispersion of Age Differences between Partners and the Asymptotic Dynamics of the HIV Epidemic

Hippolyte d'Albis, Emmanuelle Augeraud-Véron (), Elodie Djemaï () and Arnaud Ducrot ()
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Emmanuelle Augeraud-Véron: MIA - Université de la Rochelle
Elodie Djemaï: DIAL - Université Paris-Dauphine
Arnaud Ducrot: IMB - Université de Bordeaux
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Elodie DJEMAI and Emmanuelle Augeraud-Véron

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Abstract: In this article, the effect of a change in the distribution of age differences between sexual partners on the dynamics of the HIV epidemic is studied. In a gender and age structured compartmental model, it is shown that if the variance of the distribution is small enough, an increase in this variance strongly increases the basic reproduction number. Moreover, if the variance is large enough, the mean age difference barely affects the basic reproduction number. We therefore conclude that the local stability of the disease-free equilibrium relies more on the variance than on the mean

Keywords: Epidemiological; models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 44 pages
Date: 2012-04
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Working Paper: The dispersion of age differences between partners and the asymptotic dynamics of the HIV epidemic (2012)
Working Paper: The Dispersion of Age Differences between Partners and the Asymptotic Dynamics of the HIV Epidemic (2012)
Working Paper: The dispersion of age differences between partners and the asymptotic dynamics of the HIV epidemic (2012)
Working Paper: The Dispersion of Age Differences between Partners and the Asymptotic Dynamics of the HIV Epidemic (2012)
Working Paper: The dispersion of age differences between partners and the asymptotic dynamics of the HIV epidemic (2012)
Working Paper: The Dispersion of Age Differences between Partners and the Asymptotic Dynamics of the HIV Epidemic (2010)
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