Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine
Volume 11 (2010), Issue 3, Pages 223-237
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17486700903486613
The HPV Vaccination Strategy: Could Male Vaccination Have a Significant Impact?
Centre for Mathematical Biology, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK
Received 4 June 2009; Accepted 13 October 2009
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Abstract
We investigate the potential success of the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine, taking into consideration possible waning immunity and the influence of behavioural parameters. We use a compartmental, population-level ordinary differential equation (ODE) model. We find the effective reproductive value for HPV,