On the interaction between the immune system and an exponentially replicating pathogen

Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 579-602

  D'Onofrio, Alberto ^a  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Delay Differential Equations; Immunology; Limit cycles

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY;

BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL;

EID: 77954603945     PISSN: 15471063     EISSN: 15510018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3934/mbe.2010.7.579     Document Type: Article

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