HSV-2 and Substance Abuse amongst Adolescents: Insights through Mathematical Modelling

Figure 3

(a) The relationship between the reproduction number , rate of becoming a substance abuser , and rate of quitting substance abuse . (b) Numerical results of model system (3) showing the effect in the change of substance abusing habits. Parameter values used are in Table 1 with and , varying from 0.0 to 1.0.

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