Research Article

HIV/AIDS-Pneumonia Codynamics Model Analysis with Vaccination and Treatment

Table 1

Descriptions of model parameters.

ParameterInterpretations

Natural mortality rate
Human recruitment rate
Development rate from acute HIV to chronic HIV infection
Development rate from chronic HIV to AIDS stage
The proportion of the serotype not covered by the vaccine
Immunity loss rate
Alteration rate indicating acute HIV infection is more vulnerable to pneumonia
Alteration rate indicating chronic HIV infection is more vulnerable to pneumonia
Alteration rate indicating AIDS patient is more vulnerable to pneumonia
HIV/AIDS standard incidence rate
Pneumonia mass action incidence rate
Development rate from acute HIV-pneumonia to chronic HIV-pneumonia coepidemics
Development rate from chronic HIV-pneumonia to AIDS-pneumonia coepidemics
Pneumonia death rate
AIDS death rate
AIDS-pneumonia death rate
Pneumonia infection treatment rate
Acute HIV infection treatment rate
Vaccination waning rate
Chronic HIV infection treatment rate
AIDS patients treatment rate
Acute HIV-pneumonia coepidemic treatment rate
Chronic HIV-pneumonia coepidemic treatment rate
AIDS-pneumonia coepidemic treatment rate
Transmission rate of HIV
Transmission rate of pneumonia