Modeling shrimp biomass and viral infection for production of biological countermeasures
Author(s) -
H. T. Banks,
Vrushali A. Bokil,
Shuhua Hu,
Arun K. Dhar,
Robert A. Bullis,
Craig L. Browdy,
F. C. Thomas Allnutt
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
mathematical biosciences and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.451
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1551-0018
pISSN - 1547-1063
DOI - 10.3934/mbe.2006.3.635
Subject(s) - shrimp , production (economics) , biomass (ecology) , vector (molecular biology) , biology , production model , virology , recombinant dna , viral infection , environmental science , biochemical engineering , ecology , virus , engineering , economics , genetics , gene , microeconomics
In this paper we develop a mathematical model for the rapid production of large quantities of therapeutic and preventive countermeasures. We couple equations for biomass production with those for vaccine production in shrimp that have been infected with a recombinant viral vector expressing a foreign antigen. The model system entails both size and class-age structure.
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