Global Threshold Dynamics of an Infection Age-Space Structured HIV Infection Model with Neumann Boundary Condition.

This paper aims to the investigation of the global threshold dynamics of an infection age-space structured HIV infection model. The model is formulated in a bounded domain involving two infection routes (virus-to-cell and cell-to-cell) and Neumann boundary conditions. We first transform the original model to a hybrid system containing two partial differential equations and a Volterra integral equation. By appealing to the theory of fixed point problem together with Picard sequences, the well-posedness of the model is shown by verifying that the solution exists globally and the solution is ultimately bounded. Under the Neumann boundary condition, we establish the explicit expression of the basic reproduction number. By analyzing the distribution of characteristic roots of the associated characteristic equation in terms of the basic reproduction number, we achieve the local asymptotic stability of the steady states. The global asymptotic stability of the steady states is established by the technique of Lyapunov functionals, respectively. Numerical simulations are performed to validate our theoretical results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]