A Fractional Order Model for Viral Infection with Cure of Infected Cells and Humoral Immunity

In this paper, we study the dynamics of a viral infection model formulated by five fractional differential equations (FDEs) to describe the interactions between host cells, virus, and humoral immunity presented by antibodies. The infection transmission process is modeled by Hattaf-Yousfi functional...

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Main Authors: Adnane Boukhouima, Khalid Hattaf, Noura Yousfi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-01-01
Series:International Journal of Differential Equations
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/1019242
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Summary:In this paper, we study the dynamics of a viral infection model formulated by five fractional differential equations (FDEs) to describe the interactions between host cells, virus, and humoral immunity presented by antibodies. The infection transmission process is modeled by Hattaf-Yousfi functional response which covers several forms of incidence rate existing in the literature. We first show that the model is mathematically and biologically well-posed. By constructing suitable Lyapunov functionals, the global stability of equilibria is established and characterized by two threshold parameters. Finally, some numerical simulations are presented to illustrate our theoretical analysis.
ISSN:1687-9643
1687-9651