SENSITIVITY OF THE SPREAD OF HIV-INFECTION TO THE LATENCY PERIOD OF CONTAGIOUSNESS AND THE CONTINUOUSLY INCREASING INFECTIVITY OF HIV CARRIERS

Simulation models are used to study the importance of the latency period of contagiousness and the slowly developing infectivity of HIV carriers. The results show that the latency period could be more influential than previously assumed. A longer latency period leads to a surprisingly long delay in the spread of HIV