Low viral persistence of an immunological model

Hepatitis B virus can persist at very low levels in the body in the face of host immunity, and reactive during immunosuppression and sustain the immunological memory to lead to the possible state of 'infection immunity'. To analyze this phenomena quantitatively, a mathematical model which...

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Main Author: Suqi Ma
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Language:English
Published: AIMS Press 2012-09-01
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Online Access:https://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/mbe.2012.9.809
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description Hepatitis B virus can persist at very low levels in the body in the face of host immunity, and reactive during immunosuppression and sustain the immunological memory to lead to the possible state of 'infection immunity'. To analyze this phenomena quantitatively, a mathematical model which is described by DDEs with relative to cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response to Hepatitis B virus is used. Using the knowledge of DDEs and the numerical bifurcation analysis techniques, the dynamical behavior of Hopf bifurcation which may lead to the periodic oscillation of populationsis analyzed. Domains of low level viral persistence which is possible, either as a stable equilibrium or a stable oscillatory pattern, are identified in parameter space. The virus replication rate appears to have influence to the amplitude of the persisting oscillatorypopulation densities.
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spelling doaj-art-a8fd76a9f8574895903c0a553132eeaf2025-01-24T02:07:06ZengAIMS PressMathematical Biosciences and Engineering1551-00182012-09-019480981710.3934/mbe.2012.9.809Low viral persistence of an immunological modelSuqi Ma0Department of Mathematics, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083Hepatitis B virus can persist at very low levels in the body in the face of host immunity, and reactive during immunosuppression and sustain the immunological memory to lead to the possible state of 'infection immunity'. To analyze this phenomena quantitatively, a mathematical model which is described by DDEs with relative to cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response to Hepatitis B virus is used. Using the knowledge of DDEs and the numerical bifurcation analysis techniques, the dynamical behavior of Hopf bifurcation which may lead to the periodic oscillation of populationsis analyzed. Domains of low level viral persistence which is possible, either as a stable equilibrium or a stable oscillatory pattern, are identified in parameter space. The virus replication rate appears to have influence to the amplitude of the persisting oscillatorypopulation densities.https://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/mbe.2012.9.809model of hbv infectiondelaybifurcation.viral persistence
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Low viral persistence of an immunological model
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viral persistence
title Low viral persistence of an immunological model
title_full Low viral persistence of an immunological model
title_fullStr Low viral persistence of an immunological model
title_full_unstemmed Low viral persistence of an immunological model
title_short Low viral persistence of an immunological model
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topic model of hbv infection
delay
bifurcation.
viral persistence
url https://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/mbe.2012.9.809
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