• A STOCHASTIC MODEL FOR ANTIGENIC DIVERSITY THRESHOLD WITH TWO SOURCES OF HIV INFECTION

Abstract

In the study of HIV infection one of the aspects of study is to obtain the estimate of the time to seroconversion. since the time of HIV conversion is random, one would expect that the seroconversion distribution would have an important impact on the course of the HIV epidemic. The transmission of HIV occurs through different modes but the most commonly and widely prevalent mode of transmission is the home or heterosexual contacts. The concept like incubation period, Latency period has been discussed by author like Anderson (1988) and others. Most of the result has been on the basis of the assumption that the sexual contact alone is the only source of transmission of HIV. Ahlgren et al. (1987) have introduced a compartmental model of HIV transmission via sexual contact, needle sharing and infected blood products.