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Analysis of HIV by entropy evolution rate

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We analyze the variation of HIV after infection by means of an information measure, called the entropy evolution rate. In our analysis, we use a part of the external glycoprotein gp120 including the V3 region observed from six patients.

Then we could make the following two aspects clear;

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    the relation between the change of the entropy evolution rate and the appearance of symptoms of disease, and

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    the relation between the change of the entropy evolution rate and that of the CD4 count of the patients.

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Sato, K., Miyazaki, S. & Ohya, M. Analysis of HIV by entropy evolution rate. Amino Acids 14, 343–352 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01318853

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