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cord-005335-u04cxiej	Podder, C. N.	Mathematical Analysis of a Model for Assessing the Impact of Antiretroviral Therapy, Voluntary Testing and Condom Use in Curtailing the Spread of HIV	2011-05-05		.txt	text/plain	5746	392	66	This paper presents a deterministic model for evaluating the impact of anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs), voluntary testing (using standard antibody-based and a DNA-based testing methods) and condom use on the transmission dynamics of HIV in a community. Rigorous qualitative analysis of the model show that it has a globally-stable disease-free equilibrium whenever a certain epidemiological threshold, known as the effective reproduction number [Formula: see text], is less than unity. The threshold quantity, R eff , measures the average number of new secondary cases generated by a single infected individual in a population where the aforementioned anti-HIV control measures are implemented. Using the low effectiveness level of the combined testing and treatment strategy, it is shown that the combination of the two testing methods and treatment is more effective (saves more new cases) than the use of condoms as a singular anti-HIV strategy followed by the use of only the standard ELISA testing method with ARV treatment (Fig. 2a ).	./cache/cord-005335-u04cxiej.txt	./txt/cord-005335-u04cxiej.txt