Mini-Symposium Topic: Mathematicas in Biology and Medicine

Organizer: Anna Lawniczak (University of Guelph)

A Progression Model for HIV/AIDS

Pauline van den Driessche

University of Victoria

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

A model for HIV transmission with stages of progression to AIDS is formulated. Analysis of the model identifies a threshold parameter that determines whether the disease dies out or proportions remain endemic. For the case of two infectious stages, global results show that this threshold is sharp.


Saturday, 3:50 p.m. - 4:10 p.m. Room 2270