Abstract
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and its vaccination strategy may affect human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission dynamics because both viruses have synergistic effects. To quantitatively assess the potential impact of HBV and its vaccination strategy on HIV transmission dynamics at the population level, in this paper, we formulate a deterministic compartmental model that describes the joint dynamics of HBV and HIV. We first derive the explicit expressions for the basic reproduction numbers of HIV and HBV and analyze the dynamics of HIV and HBV subsystems, respectively. Then a systematic qualitative analysis of the full system is also provided, which includes the local and global behavior. By using a set of reasonable parameter values, the full system is numerically investigated to assess the potential impact of HBV and its vaccination strategy on HIV transmission. The direct and indirect population level impact of HBV on HIV is demonstrated by calculating the fraction of HIV infections attributable to HBV and the difference between HIV prevalence in the presence and absence of HBV, respectively. The findings imply that the increase of HBV vaccination rate may unusually accelerate HIV epidemics indirectly, although the direct effect of HBV on HIV transmission decreases as HBV vaccination rate increases. Finally, the potential impact of HIV on HBV transmission dynamics is investigated by way of parenthesis. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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