Figure 2

Effect of treatment and prophylaxis on the reproduction number and spread of sensitive and resistant viruses. (a) The combined effect of treatment and prophylaxis in reducing the control reproduction number of disease (R _c ) with = 1.6. (b) The region for co-existence and dominance of sensitive and resistant strains as a function of treatment level of indexed cases and prophylaxis coverage of close contacts with = 1.6. The dominance of the sensitive (resistant) strain in white region (in the grey area) corresponds to the greater reproduction number of that strain; in the light grey area, the reproduction number of the sensitive strain is less than one (that is, the sensitive infection is contained) and only outbreaks of the resistant strain may occur. Baseline values of other parameters are given in Table S1 of Additional File 1.