The effect of nonreproductive groups on persistent sexually transmitted diseases

Daniel Maxin, Fabio Augusto Milner
2007 Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering  
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. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification. 92D30.
doi:10.3934/mbe.2007.4.505 pmid:17658938 fatcat:hleyl7emffg4blzfgutduro3ry