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Optimal Control in Coupled Within-host and Between-hostModels

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 June 2014

E. Numfor
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Tennessee, TN 37996, USA
S. Bhattacharya
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Florida, FL 32611, USA
S. Lenhart*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Tennessee, TN 37996, USA
M. Martcheva
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Florida, FL 32611, USA
*
⋆ Corresponding author. E-mail: lenhart@math.utk.edu

Abstract

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We formulate an immuno-epidemiological model of coupled “within-host” model of ODEs and“between-host” model of ODE and PDE, using the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) forillustration. Existence and uniqueness of solution to the “between-host” model isestablished, and an explicit expression for the basic reproduction number of the“between-host” model derived. Stability of disease-free and endemic equilibria isinvestigated. An optimal control problem with drug-treatment control on the within-hostsystem is formulated and analyzed; these results are novel for optimal control of ODEslinked with such first order PDEs. Numerical simulations based on the forward-backwardsweep method are obtained.

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© EDP Sciences, 2014