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12974497

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-9-16
pubmed:abstractText
Human T-cell Leukaemia Virus Type I (HTLV-I) is a retrovirus that causes Adult T-cell Leukaemia (ATL). The transmission routes of HTLV-I are (i) from infected mothers to their newborn babies, (ii) from infected males (husbands) to females (their wives) by long-term sexual intercourse, and (iii) from infected females (wives) to males (their husbands). Eshima et al. (2001) analysed a continuous-time HTLV-I model with no age structure in the population. In this paper, we consider the population dynamics of HTLV-I infection in a discrete-time mathematical model incorporating an age structure. The necessary and sufficient condition for the extinction of HTLV-I is derived from the mathematical model. A simulation of the HTLV-I infection based on the model demonstrates a rapid reduction of the HTLV-I infection proportion in Japan.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1477-8599
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
29-45
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Population dynamics of HTLV-I infection: a discrete-time mathematical epidemic model approach.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biomathematics, Faculty of Medicine, Oita Medical University, Oita 879-5593, Japan. eshima@oita-med.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't