Adding Education to “Test and Treat”: Can We Overcome Drug Resistance?

Figure 8

Infected non-drug-resistant (solid curves) and drug-resistant (dashed curves) individuals as a function of time, for the full model. The upper figures are with no education, while the lower figures use education parameters , , and . On the left, treatment parameters considered are and , corresponding to average testing and late treatment. On the right, treatment parameters considered are and , corresponding to rapid testing and early treatment. Thus, without education, rapid testing and early treatment are likely to lead to high levels of resistance in the long term.

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