Global Dynamics of an In-host Viral Model with Intracellular Delay
Global Dynamics of an In-host Viral Model with Intracellular Delay
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DOI:
10.1007/s11538-010-9503-x
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发表时间:
2010-08-01
影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
Shu, Hongying
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作者:
Li, Michael Y.;Shu, Hongying
The dynamics of a general in-host model with intracellular delay is studied. The model can describe in vivo infections of HIV-I, HCV, and HBV. It can also be considered as a model for HTLV-I infection. We derive the basic reproduction number R (0) for the viral infection, and establish that the global dynamics are completely determined by the values of R (0). If R (0)a parts per thousand currency sign1, the infection-free equilibrium is globally asymptotically stable, and the virus are cleared. If R (0)> 1, then the infection persists and the chronic-infection equilibrium is locally asymptotically stable. Furthermore, using the method of Lyapunov functional, we prove that the chronic-infection equilibrium is globally asymptotically stable when R (0)> 1. Our results shows that for intercellular delays to generate sustained oscillations in in-host models it is necessary have a logistic mitosis term in target-cell compartments.