Research Article
Potential Impact of Male Circumcision, Condom Use, and Microbicides on the Dynamics of HIV/AIDS
Table 2
Models parameters description.
| Parameters | Description | Values | Source |
| | circumcision degree of protection | | assumed | | reduction in infectiousness | | assumed | | male circumcision rate | | assumed | | natural death rate | |
Breban et al. [16] | | emigration rate | 0.01 per year | assumed | | progression rate to AIDS | |
Perelson and Nelson (1999) | | disease-induced mortality rate | | Brian et al. [16] | | proportion of male recruits | | assumed | | recruitment rate | | assumed | | proportion of uncircumcised recruits | | assumed | | circumcision efficacy | | Auvert et al. [7] | | probability of transmission for females | | assumed | | probability of transmission for males | | assumed | , | partner acquisition rate | 3–5 partners/year | assumed | | effectiveness of microbicide | 0.5–0.89 | assumed | | condom effectiveness | | Pinkerton and Abramson [6] |
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