Open AccessAn extension of the Beretta-Kuang model of viral diseases
Author(s) -
Ivo Siekmann,
Horst Malchow,
Ezio Venturino
Publication year - 2008
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.2008.5.549
Subject(s) - extension (predicate logic) , replication (statistics) , mathematics , viral infection , viral replication , virology , biology , computer science , virus , programming language
A model for the complete life cycle of marine viruses is presented. The Beretta-Kuang model introduces an explicit equation for viral particles but the replication process of viral particles in their hosts is not considered. The extended model keeps the structure of the original model. This makes it possible to estimate the growth parameters of the viruses for a given parametrisation of the Beretta-Kuang model.