Abstract:
This paper presents a mathematical model to capture all essential information on the impact of
treatment of hepatitis B vertical transmission. In this study the treatment induced reproduction
number is compared with the basic reproduction number to assess the possible benefits to be obtained
from this control measure. Numerical results and sensitivity analysis are carried out to validate the
efficacy of the proposed mathematical model. Findings identified important determinants which
influence the dynamics of the disease. This model indicates the presence of treatment, transmission
of infection decreases, implying that the number of acute and chronic infected adult women decrease
as well, resulting in fewer infected newborn babies.
