Optimal Control Analysis of HCV Disease in a Community with Inflow of Infected Immigrants

摘要

This paper considers an optimal control analysis for HCV model by incorporating education, health care, immunization, screening of immigrants and treatment in the model. The goal is to minimize the spread of HCV disease in the community with inflow of infected immigrants and to minimize the costs of control strategies. In this context, the existence of an optimal control is proved. The results show that the effective use of optimal screening of immigrants together with education, health care, immunization and treatment has a significant impact in reducing the spread of the disease in the community.