ANDRONOV-HOPF BIFURCATION AND SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF A TIME-DELAY HIV MODEL WITH LOGISTIC GROWTH AND ANTIRETROVIRAL TREATMENT

Andronov-Hopf bifurcation and sensitivity analysis of a time-delay HIV model with logistic growth and antiretroviral treatment

Abstract A mathematical model of the infection of CD4+ T-cells by HIV that includes the effects of treatment by a reverse transcriptase inhibitor (RTI) and a protease inhibitor (PI) is studied.The model includes three populations of CD4+ T-cells (healthy cells, latently-infected cells which cannot produce virus, and productively-infected cells whic

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Motivation and context of concurrent stimulant and opioid use among persons who use drugs in the rural United States: a multi-site qualitative inquiry

Abstract Background In recent years, stimulant use has increased among persons who use opioids in the rural U.S., leading to high rates of overdose and death.We sought to understand motivations and contexts for stimulant use among persons who use opioids in a large, geographically diverse sample of persons who use drugs (PWUD) in the rural settings

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