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Lyapunov functionals for a general time-delayed virus dynamic model with different CTL responses.

Ke Guo¹, Songbai Guo²

¹School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China.

Chaos (Woodbury, N.Y.)

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This study introduces a virus dynamics model with time delays and complex immune responses. It establishes global stability for all model equilibria, advancing our understanding of viral infections and immune system interactions.

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Area of Science:

Mathematical Biology
Virology
Immunology

Background:

Time-delayed virus dynamics models are crucial for understanding infection.
Nonlinear cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) responses and immune impairment complicate model analysis.
Previous models often made simplifying assumptions about incidence functions.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose a novel time-delayed virus dynamics model incorporating general monotonic incidence and distinct nonlinear CTL responses.
To rigorously analyze the global stability of all equilibria in the presence of immune impairment.
To address limitations in existing models regarding incidence function derivatives.

Main Methods:

Development of a time-delayed virus dynamics model with general monotonic incidence.
Construction of Lyapunov functionals and application of detailed analysis techniques.
Global asymptotic stability (GAS) analysis for various equilibria.

Main Results:

Established conditions for the global asymptotic stability of the infection-free equilibrium (E0) when the basic reproduction number (R0) is less than or equal to 1.
Determined conditions for the global asymptotic stability of the immunity-inactivated infection equilibrium (E1).
Proved the global asymptotic stability of the immunity-activated infection equilibrium (E+) when it exists.

Conclusions:

The model provides a more comprehensive framework for studying virus dynamics with complex immune responses.
The findings offer improved or extended results compared to existing literature.
The mathematical analysis confirms the stability of different infection states under specific conditions.