Date and Time
February 28, 2007
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Availability
Open to the public
No RSVP required

Speaker
Elisa Long - PhD Candidate at Stanford University, Department of Management Science & Engineering

Infectious disease co-epidemics involve the related spread of two or more diseases, such as HIV and tuberculosis (TB). Recently, emerging HIV epidemics have led to an increase in new TB cases. India accounts for 5.7 million HIV cases, more than any other country, and one-fifth of all global TB infections. We developed a dynamic transmission model of the HIV-TB co-epidemics and calculated the basic reproduction number. We simulated the HIV-TB co-epidemics in India and evaluated the effects of various treatment and prevention interventions on disease prevalence, new infections, and deaths over time. Our study illustrates how co-epidemics can be mathematically modeled, and the importance of including the effects of each disease on the transmission and progression of the other disease.