Spatiotemporal Dynamics of a Generalized Viral Infection Model with Distributed Delays and CTL Immune Response

In this paper, we propose and investigate a diffusive viral infection model with distributed delays and cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) immune response. Also, both routes of infection that are virus-to-cell infection and cell-to-cell transmission are modeled by two general nonlinear incidence functions...

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Main Author: Khalid Hattaf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-04-01
Series:Computation
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-3197/7/2/21
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Summary:In this paper, we propose and investigate a diffusive viral infection model with distributed delays and cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) immune response. Also, both routes of infection that are virus-to-cell infection and cell-to-cell transmission are modeled by two general nonlinear incidence functions. The well-posedness of the proposed model is also proved by establishing the global existence, uniqueness, nonnegativity and boundedness of solutions. Moreover, the threshold parameters and the global asymptotic stability of equilibria are obtained. Furthermore, diffusive and delayed virus dynamics models presented in many previous studies are improved and generalized.
ISSN:2079-3197