| Abstract: | In this paper, a fractional order model for the spread of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is proposed to study the effect of screening of unaware infected individuals on the spread of the HIV virus. For this purpose, local asymptotic stability analysis of the disease‐free equilibrium is investigated. In addition, the model is studied for different values of the fractional order to show the relation between the variations of the reproduction number and the order of the proposed model. Finally, numerical solutions are simulated by using a predictor‐corrector method to illustrate the dynamics between susceptible individuals and unaware infected individuals. |
