Analysis of a Non-Integer Order Model for the Coinfection of HIV and HSV-2

Abstract We propose a non-integer order model for the dynamics of the coinfection of HIV and HSV-2. We calculate the reproduction number of the model and study the local stability of the disease-free equilibrium. Simulations of the model for the variation of epidemiologically relevant parameters and the order of the non-integer order derivative, α, reveal interesting dynamics. These results are discussed from an epidemiologically point of view.