کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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767034 | 897140 | 2012 | 6 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
We consider a mathematical model comprising four coupled ordinary differential equations (ODEs) to study hepatitis C viral dynamics. The model includes the efficacies of a combination therapy of interferon and ribavirin. There are two main objectives of this paper. The first one is to approximate the percentage of cases in which there is a viral clearance in absence of treatment as well as percentage of response to treatment for various efficacy levels. The other is to better understand and identify the parameters that play a key role in the decline of viral load and can be estimated in a clinical setting. A condition for the stability of the uninfected and the infected steady states is presented. A large number of sample points for the model parameters (which are physiologically feasible) are generated using Latin hypercube sampling. An analysis of the simulated values identifies that, approximately 29.85% cases result in clearance of the virus during the early phase of the infection. Results from the χ2χ2 and the Spearman’s tests done on the samples, indicate a distinctly different distribution for certain parameters for the cases exhibiting viral clearance under the combination therapy.
► Sample parameters generated for an HCV model using Latin hypercube sampling.
► Analysis indicated approximately 29.85% cases with stable uninfected steady state.
► Statistical tests show correlation between certain parameters while not for others.
Journal: Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation - Volume 17, Issue 12, December 2012, Pages 5125–5130